2023: Why Kwakwanso Will Not Be Obi’s Running Mate

By James Orji

The Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has denied reports that he has agreed to be a running mate to Peter Obi. Obi is the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP in the 2023 Presidential election.

Not a few Nigerians insist that the two candidates will be a perfect team to contest the 2023 election and dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Both Kwakwanso and Obi had dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic, PDP, to pursue their Presidential ambitions.

The issue gained more currency on Sunday after a viral post on the social media that Kwakwanso has accepted to pair up with Obi to contest the election.

The post came on the heels of a revelation by Agbo Major, NNPP Publicity Secretary that the Party was in talks with Obi’s LP.

But in a statement on Sunday, Major dismissed the report, noting that such is capable of misleading Nigerians.

The statement said, “NNPP has never at any time said its esteemed Presidential Candidate, His Excellency, Engr. Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, could accept to be Labour Party, Peter Obi’s deputy.

“The report is misleading and embarrassing to our great party, its Presidential Candidate, Kwankwaso and millions of supporters in Nigeria and in the diaspora, and urges journalists to crosscheck their reports before publishing them to avoid national disaffection ahead of the crucial 2023 general election.

“As a mass movement, NNPP acknowledged alliance talks with Labour Party that would consolidate and boost the nation’s frail democracy as we collectively strive for a new Nigeria which the party champions.”