Nigeria, March 13 -- Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, says he consulted President Muhammadu Buhari before he left the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mr El-Rufai left the APC on 10 March after meeting the former president at his Kaduna residence on 7 March. He said he consulted the former president and several other personalities before making the decision.

"I consulted Buhari on Friday; I told him my reasons for leaving the APC and the responses of other people I consulted. (Mr) Buhari responded that he is now a statesman, but he knows my worries and prayed for me," Mr El-Rufai said in an interview with BBC Hausa Service Thursday morning.

In the interview, Mr El-Rufai said he didn't regret supporting President Bola Ti...