Bafarawa: How I rigged ANPP primary for Buhari in 2003
Attahiru
Bafarawa, former governor of Sokoto state, says he manipulated the
presidential primary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in favour
of Muhammadu Buhari in 2003.
Buhari got the party’s nomination but lost to President Olusegun Obasanjo in the presidential election.
Bafarawa,
who was doubling as the party’s chairman then, said Rochas Okorocha was
set to pick the ANPP presidential ticket following a mock primary
conducted before the nomination convention.
According to him, Okorocha came first, winning 27 of the 36 states and the FCT, while Buhari could only win five.
These
revelations are contained in a new book, ‘Politics as Dashed Hopes in
Nigeria’, written by Auwala Anwar, PhD, and former special assistant to
the president on FCTA from 2004-2007.
The preview copy of the
book, published by Safari Books, was exclusively made available to
TheCable and will be launched in Abuja on Thursday, January 31.
The
book offers an account into the inner workings of the Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC), the party founded by Buhari to run in the 2011
presidential election after he had fallen out with the ANPP having
failed to win in 2003 and 2007.
Source:- Thecableng
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