2027: Tinubu, Kwakwanso Alliance Still Possible

Abdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the House of Representative representing Kano state says the potential alliance between the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP cannot be totally ruled out.

The lawmaker said there is a still a chance for the two political parties to work together, particularly the reported alliance between the NNPP Leader , Rabiu Kwakwanso and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Jibrin said the alliance will boost Tinubu’s bid to return to office, saying the Governor of the state will join Kwankwanso to strengthen the alliance.

The magazine reported that some political analysts have been touting the Tinubu/ Kwakwanso alliance, to bolster the chances of the president’s return to office in 2027, as his popularity in the northern part of the country faces serious challenges ahead the important election.

Some northern leaders have recently vowed to work against Tinubu, after accusing him of abandoning the region development wise, and his alleged nepotism in the sharing of key federal appointments.

The president has been accused of favouring the south west, where he comes from with juicy appointments, while leaving the north in the cold, even though he got huge support from the region during his bid for presidency in 2023.

To avoid any mishap for his re-election, the president is said to be considering forging an alliance with Kwankwanso because of his popularity  in some northern states, particularly Kano state where the former Minister NNPP currently holds sway. The party came a distant third in the 2023 presidential election.

But the alliance talk has recently waxed cold, particularly after the former governor accused President Tinubu of concentrating key development projects in the south west, particularly Lagos state where the president once  served as governor, stressing that the action is causing insecurity and other social problems in the region.

Kwakwanso allegation: “Let me advise the Federal Government on the distribution of federal resources. From the information available to us, it is like most of the national budget is now tilting in one direction in this country.

“Let me advise those who are struggling by all means to take everything to remember that some of the issues that we have in this part of the country today have to do with the lack of enough resources and mismanagement of the little that comes in.

“That is why we have insecurity, we have poverty and so on. It is happening here mainly, but like a desert, it would go everywhere.”

But Jibrin said the NNPP “is still open’ to discussion on the proposed alliance between the ruling party and NNP, adding that Kwakwanso will bring his massive supporters into the alliance, noting, however, that some vested interest in the APC are stalling the alliance talks.

“If Kwankwaso goes to APC, the governor of Kano state will almost go with him, and his supporters will follow,” Jibrin said, noting the goodwill that the former governor will bring to the alliance.

The magazine had earlier reported the political shenanigans in the ruling APC which, in June led to the ouster of Abdullahi Ganduje, the erstwhile National Chairman of the party, who was said to have been forced to resign from his postilion for allegedly hindering the alliance talk between Tinubu and Kwakwanso.

Ganduje, a former governor of the state was once a strong ally of Kwakwanso, who he served as Deputy before the duo parted ways over the struggle to control the soul of the state.