After asserting that he cannot serve as Peter Obi’s running mate since he is more qualified than him, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has disappointed many people.
Furthermore, he stated that the NNPP, which he claimed he toiled for 30 years to create, will disintegrate if he accepts to run as Obi’s vice presidential candidate.
In a speech he gave on Saturday in Gombe State, Kwankwaso reportedly made these claims, according to Peoples Gazette.
The former governor of Kano State demanded that Obi appoint him rather than remove him from his position, noting that his political profile and amount of experience from holding numerous positions had contributed to bringing NNPP to prominence in a short period of time.
He said: “I served for 17 years as a civil servant; we are talking of 47 years of very serious hard work that is what is rarely holding NNPP now.
“Accepting to run as Mr Obi’s vice presidential candidate will collapse the NNPP. The party is based on what we have built in the last 30 years.
“One issue raised during discussions for merger with the LP, was that most of the people from there believe that the presidency has to go there (South East), but presidency going to the South-East in 2023 must be done based on strategy, political calculation and equation.
“The South-East are good in business and are well talented but they should learn politics, “in politics they are at the bottom line.”
Mr Kwankwaso added: “There were options to pick from the South, and one of them is the Labour Party man you are talking about.”
Many Nigerians believed to be Obi supporters, expressed outrage on social media by advising their favorite presidential candidates to avoid the former Kano governor and search for another running mate.
Source; NaijaOnPoint.com
