Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna state has emulated President Goodluck Jonathan by calling Nasir El-Rufai, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, who is now governor-elect.
Yero who was seeking a second term in office on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party congratulated his opponent after losing in the governorship polls.
“Just received a phone call from Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero congratulating me for winning the Kaduna gubernatorial election. I thanked him too,” El-Rufai, a member of the All Progressives Congress Board of Trustees wrote on Twitter.
With the final results yet to be announced, El-Rufai leads Yero rather comfortably in 13 out of the 15 local councils so far officially declared by INEC.