Former NNPP presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso has explained his decision to form an alliance with ex-Labour Party candidate Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 elections.
Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Monday, Kwankwaso said the North is returning to the political model used by Tafawa Balewa and Ahmadu Bello, and later by Shehu Shagari with South East leaders during the Second Republic.
He described the people of the South East as friends of the North and said the region is ready to work with them.
“From my experience as former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, I had the opportunity to work with my Speaker, and we worked very well.
“Now we’re going back to what Tafawa Balewa and Ahmadu Bello did during their time, and in the Second Republic, what Shehu Shagari and others did with the leadership of the South East.
“But for me, it wasn’t just because we are going to the South East. No, I looked around together with our leadership in the North to ask who we think is capable, who can come and work honestly with us so that we can move this country forward.
“And along the line, we realized that Peter Obi is at the forefront of it, and that’s why we all accepted to work together,” he said.
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