Buhari Wanted Audu Ogbeh As SGF, But Cabal Blocked It – El-Rufai

A erstwhile Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed however the precocious ex-President Muhammadu Buhari abandoned his program to name precocious Chief Audu Ogbeh arsenic caput to the authorities of the federation (SGF) aft being misled by adjacent associates.

In a video obtained yesterday, El-Rufai said Buhari had decided to springiness the presumption to a Christian from the Middle Belt to equilibrium his authorities and dispel claims of spiritual bias.

“I volition archer you my past story, which is simply a bittersweet one. Shortly aft the election, a precise bully person came to maine and said, “Look, I privation to beryllium the SGF. Can you spell to President Buhari and speech to him?

“I went to the president-elect astatine the time. I said that Mr President X is funny successful being the SGF. He said, ‘Well, yes, but I privation to name idiosyncratic from the Middle Belt, a Christian, arsenic my SGF. Everybody says I don’t similar Christians. I privation to springiness the astir important job, the astir important assignment successful the government, to the Middle Belt.”

El-Rufai noted that Buhari was steadfast connected his choice. “I asked him, truthful who are you reasoning of appointing, by the way?’ He said, ‘I person lone one, Chief Audu Ogbeh.’ I said, ‘Excellent choice, congratulations,’ and left.”

However, helium narrated that a cabal astir Buhari worked against the decision. “Unfortunately, immoderate radical astir the President felt that Chief Audu Ogbeh was excessively accomplished, that helium would beryllium excessively autarkic and not bend.

“So they packaged a communicative that Chief Audu Ogbeh had an outstanding indebtedness with the slope for his cultivation concern to the tune of a cardinal oregon 2 billion. And that if helium were appointed SGF, his precedence would beryllium to wage disconnected his loans alternatively than bash the job,” helium said.

According to El-Rufai, the falsehood yet changed Buhari’s mind. “I don’t cognize however they played President Buhari, but the adjacent clip helium called me, helium said, ‘Look, immoderate things person travel up, and I’m appointing idiosyncratic other arsenic SGF.’

“I asked him, ‘Why?’ It took maine clip due to the fact that Buhari is analyzable to extract, to thatch him to talk. After the SGF was announced, I present recovered retired this was what helium was told,” helium added.

The erstwhile politician said helium confronted Buhari, stressing that having a indebtedness was nary crime. “I went to him, I said, ‘Sir, borrowing is not a crime. Chief Audu Ogbeh is simply a thriving farmer. He has a large farming business. You tin spell and spot it, and it is functioning. He is paying backmost the loan. Borrowing is not a crime.”

He added that the twist successful the assignment was ne'er made public, noting that helium said it for the archetypal time.