• He Deserves Second Term, El-Rufai InsistsPresident Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with seven northern governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) extraction at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after the Muslim faithful had joined him in the Juma’at Prayer session at the Aso Rock mosque. Fielding further questions from the newsmen, Governor El-Rufai also confirmed insin‎uations that the visit had a political colouration. Everybody is entitled to his own opinion, but as governors, and most of us here with the exception of Yobe governor are first-time governors. For me the right to protest is guaranteed in the constitution provided you don’t go violent and you don’t violate any laws. On whether he was prepared to rescind his position on the matter, El-rufai said: “There is nothing to step back on.

Source: The Guardian January 13, 2018 04:45 UTC