AfricaPolitics El-Rufai Candidate Defeated In Assembly By-election By NewsRescue - January 24, 2016 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppReddItTelegram Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai NewsRescue In the just concluded Lere Local Government APC Primaries for House of Assembly by-election, Abubakar Buba was defeated by Bashir Idris. Abubakar Buba is known to be the candidate of the current Kaduna State governor Nasir Elrufai.