No presidential ambition for me, I'm too old for that - El-Rufai

Those who think Governor Nasir El-Rufai has a presidential ambition may have to perish the idea.

El-Rufai considers governing Nigeria as a job that is too much for a 62-year-old man, saying he is tired of the presidential ambition speculation

The Kaduna governor said with the kind of political system Nigeria has, after eight years of President Buhari, the presidency should go to the south.

Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna state has dismissed speculations that he is nursing a presidential ambition.

Speaking in an interview with BBC News Pigdin, the governor said at 62, he is too old for such a tasking job.

According to him, he has suffered presidential ambition suspicion for 15 years, since 2006, and he is already sick and tired of it.