The National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has announced plans underway by some stakeholders to partner with Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labor Party (LP), as his running mate. openly admitted. In preparation for the 2027 presidential election.
However, the former Kano State governor, who was also the NNPP presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, said he was waiting for the criteria to be used for such an arrangement given his more educational and political background than Obi. .
In a video clip that went viral on social media on Saturday, Mr. Kwankwaso, who was addressing a group of people in Hausa, asserted his superiority over Mr. Obi, also a former Anambra State governor, saying, “I is politically greater than Peter Obi.” , I was his older brother, a Ph.D. holder, and I outperformed him when he was my state governor. ”
“I have no problem representing Peter Obi, but only if certain conditions are met,” he said, adding that any potential partnership must be built on trust. He emphasized.
He added: “Once trust is established, we are open to talks,” adding that both he and Peter Obi are open to forming a political alliance with the Labor leadership for the 2027 elections. suggested that.
In terms of leadership, Mr. Peter Obi came in third place with 6,101,533 votes in the last general election, while Mr. Kwankwaso, who performed well in his home state of Kano, won only a few of the 44 local governments in the state. He recalled that he only won with 1,496,687 votes in 38 regions.
Mr Kwankwaso has also been a vocal critic of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, particularly over the distribution of palliatives to rice in Kano State. He accused the federal government of bypassing the state government and handing over governance to supporters of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
“I have been in Kano for the past week and I am sad to say that I am very disappointed that the Federal Government is distributing palliative rice to 35 states across the federation, excluding Kano State, through their governors. Kano’s share was handed over to APC stalwarts for processing. This is a gross insult to constitutional democracy and takes partisanship too far,” Kwankwaso said in a post on X. Ta.
He also called on President Tinubu to intervene, saying: “I call on the President to immediately stop this naked derailment of democracy.”
