Herdsmen, Others Purchase N22.5m Nomination Form For El-Rufai [VIDEO]

Ahead of the 2019 elections, the expression of interest and nomination form has been purchased for the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

The Association of Cattle Sellers, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, and Sheikh Gumi Market Association purchased the form which was presented by representatives of the groups to governor El-Rufai today.

While receiving the forms at government house, the governor said he does not have up to N20 million in his account.

The forms cost N22.5 million

The governor who made the announcement in a series of tweets via his official Twitter handle, described the action “as one of the most pleasant surprises of his life”.

According to the Tweets, the groups decided “to come together to buy the nomination form for Governor Nasir Ahmad @elrufai in support of his giant unprecedented developmental”.

“Happening Now: Representatives of IPMAN, NATO, Sheikh Gumi Market Association and the Association of Cattle Sellers have come to present Governor @elrufai with the APC expression of interest and nomination forms which they bought for his re-election bid.

“The groups have said that they decided to come together to buy the nomination form for Governor Nasir Ahmad @elrufai in support of his giant unprecedented developmental strides in Kaduna State.

“Governor Nasir Ahmad @elrufai describing the moment as one of the most pleasant surprises of his life, thanked the groups for their thoughtfulness, criticisms and counsels at all times,” the tweet reads.

See the tweets below:

A coalition of IPMAN, PTD, NARTO, Central Market Union and Kungiyar Katsinawa Da Daurawa Mazaunan Kaduna collectively purchased and presents the Nomination and Expression of Interest forms of the 2019 Governorship election for Mallam Nasir @elrufai pic.twitter.com/1rvXz1ih5P

— El-Rufai4Kaduna2019 (@Elrufaifor2019) September 10, 2018