Former Governor Rabiu Kwankwanso has no plans to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, his party has said. He will no leave the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, according to widespread rumour.
This was made known on Saturday by Prince Nweze Onu, NNPP National Vice Chairman(South east), who disclosed that the romour being peddled about his defection is false.
The NNPP chieftain spoke amidst suggestion that the former governor and Minister of Defence was heahed for the ruling APC.
Apart from the rumour of his defection from his party, Kwakwankso, some claimed is being considered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as his potential running mate for the 2027 election, amidst rumour that the president is planning to dump Vice President Kassim Shetima.
President Tinubu and Kwakwanso had also met in Aso Rock, Presidential Villa last week, a develpoment that has further fueled the rumour that he was prepaerd to dump his party for the ruling party.
The recent resignation of Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the ruling party has been described, by political analysts, as part of the plan to pave the way for the NNPP chieftain into the APC.
Those close to the Nigerian Presidency claimed that Ganduje was forced out of his position, by the president, over allegation that being a rival to the former minister he blocked Kwakwanso from joining the APC.
According to Onu, the former minister has no immediate plans to dump his party for the APC, describing the report as unfounded, false that should be discarded by Nigerians.
“Talks about Kwankwaso moving to the APC only exist on social media. I am sure you know that the use of Artificial Intelligence and other instruments of social media is very dangerous and makes people spin a lot of narration, especially when it comes to politics,” Onu said.
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