Our party’s Presidential candidate is expected to come from the South – Gov. El-Rufai

March 10, 2022

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for the 2023 general election is expected to come from the southern part of the country.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, explained that the national chairmanship post of the party will however be from the northern part of Nigeria.

“Our expectation is that our presidential candidate will come from somewhere in the south,” he said during his appearance on

According to him, the southern caucus of the ruling party will then decide which part of the area the candidate will come from.

“It is up to the southern caucus of the APC to now propose to us an acceptable candidate,” the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) explained.

Governor El-Rufai also believes the APC will retain the presidential seat, arguing that the party has all it takes to do that.

“I think Nigerians expect much more than we have done but if Nigerians reflect deeply and compare with the other party, we are still a better choice,” he said.

“I believe that in 2023, the APC is going to win the presidential election as well as the majority of the governorship elections.”