Govs, president don’t decide who wins election – El-Rufai rubbishes defections

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed the defection of high-profile politicians successful Nigeria, stressing that it holds nary substance.

El-Rufai said governors, president, and governmental godfathers don’t find who wins elections successful Nigeria.

Addressing journalists successful Kano State, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, chieftain insisted that the radical decides who wins elections and not politician.

He argued that the defection of 1 oregon each State governors would not alteration the volition of the Nigerian electorate.

According to El-Rufai: “As acold arsenic I’m concerned, the defection of high-profile politicians is not the issue.

“These defections are bully for headlines and to merchantability newspapers, but politically connected the ground, if you don’t person the people, your illustration means nothing.

“We privation to instrumentality authorities to the people, not to godfathers oregon alleged high-profile politicians.

“A politician has lone 1 vote. Nigerians person millions. If the radical accidental no, it’s over.

“Even the president had a sitting politician and inactive mislaid Lagos. I was politician of Kaduna State. I fought hard to present the president successful my state, but I lost. Governors don’t find predetermination results — the radical do.”

Last week, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and the Peoples Democratic Party erstwhile statesmanlike moving mate, Ifeanyi Okowa defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

More governors and lawmakers are said to beryllium readying to articulation the ruling party.