Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna State has
dismissed speculations of eyeing the presidency come
2023, saying he would be too old for a president at 62.
He spoke in an interview with the Pidgin service of the
BBC, monitored in Kaduna.

According to him, governing Kaduna state alone was
telling on his age, not to talk of the entire country.
He explained that he had suffered presidential
ambition suspicion for 15 years now, a situation that
made some people saw him in a bad light.
He said some had called him Jihadist so as to keep him
out of the presidential race.

“Governing Nigeria is a serious job, which is obviously
too much for a 62-year-old man

Look at me, look at my grey hair. If you see my
picture when I was sworn in, my hair was very black
but look at how it has become. This is a very difficult
job and that is just state governor, one state out of 36,
a big one, yes; a difficult one, yes, but it is not the
same as Nigeria,”

“Presidency of Nigeria is a very serious job, it is too
much for a 62-year-old,” he said.

On vying to be the Vice-President, he said: “I have not
thought about it at all. I have said it that in the
political system we have, after eight years of President
Buhari, the presidency should go to the south.”

“I have been suffering this presidential ambition
suspicion since 2006, I have suffered it for 15 years
today, and I am sick and tired of it. There are people
that are out to paint me in a particular picture so that,
I will be out of the presidential race, but they don’t
know that I am not in any race anywhere.”

“They have called me all sort of names; they said I am
a Hausa-Fulani irredentist, I am Jihadist and all that,
Jihadist when? Where? I am not even an active
member of any Islamic organization.”

” I am Muslim yes, a devote one but, I believe religion
is private. Even here in this office, when it is time for
prayer, I just excuse myself as if I am going to the
restroom, I don’t ask anyone to come and pray with
me, because we will all go to our graves separately.”

“Look around me and see, I am not surrounded only
by Muslims, this government is the only state
government in this country that has at least people
from 13 other states of the Federation as cabinet
members.”

“One of the most influential persons in my life, one of
my closest political associates is Pastor Tunde Bakare.
It was Pastor Tunde Bakare that actually introduced
me to Buhari and CPC. I didn’t join the CPC because
Buhari lives in Kaduna or he is a northerner. So, if I
am an Islamic Jihadist, why will Pastor Tunde Bakare
be speaking to me?”
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/im-too-old-to-be-nigerias-president-at-62-says-el-rufai/

How old is Buhari again?

And Tinubu who is in his mid 70's wants to be president

I laugh

You nor go even win

Leave this aboki Elrufai na hypocrite


BTW, Shekau will never watch or hear of Europe cup final


Now, Nnamdi Kanu & Sunday Igboho will not watch the Europe cup final too...

Why someblacks nor like better tin na shooo...

Make dem rub the presidential honey for ur mouth,as if u go vomit am.

And yet you supported 80 year old Buhari to be president

Thank goodness you know

But you're younger than this 55 year old Ancestor

This guy is cunning. He is indirectly saying Tinubu should not contest by virtue of his old age.

Tinubu has got it coming!

Efulefu piking