Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- Some "elements" in the Presidential Villa want the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to lose the 25 February election, the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said.

Mr El-Rufai, who spoke on Wednesday morning on Channels Television's Sunrise Daily programme, said those people backed a different aspirant in the APC presidential primaries but the aspirant did not win the ticket.

The governor said the unnamed people are now hiding behind President Muhammadu Buhari to pursue their interests.

"I believe there are elements in the villa want us to lose the election because they didn't get their way; they had their candidate. Their candidate did not win the primaries...