2019: Bafarawa speaks on purchase of nomination forms for Buhari, Atiku, others

A former Sokoto State governor, Attahiru Bafarawa, has criticised the recent trend by some groups who purchase nomination and expression of interest forms for political aspirants.

President Muhammadu Buhari; Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai; Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje and an ex-vice president, Atiku Abubakar are some of the aspirants who have had their forms bought for them by groups across the nation.

According to the PUNCH Newspaper, Mr Bafarawa flayed this trend in Benin on Wednesday during his meet-the-delegates tour ahead of the party’s primaries.
Mr Bafarawa is among about a dozen other aspirants running for the Peoples Democratic Party presidential ticket.

Those running with Mr Bafarawa include Mr Abubakar; former governor of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso; former Senate President David Mark; a senator for Plateau North Senatorial District, Jonah Jang and governors Aminu Tambual and Ibrahim Dankwambo of Sokoto and Gombe states respectively.

Mr Bafarawa also cautioned leaders to stop using government offices to misguide and manipulate Nigerians, particularly the electorate.

According to the report, Mr Bafarawa said that it was misleading for such leaders ”to misinform Nigerians about their financial status, with respect to the purchase of party nomination forms”.