Kwankwaso: I have Not Endorsed Obi

A former governor of Kano state and Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP Presidential candidate in the 2023 election Rabiu Kwankwaso, has disclosed that he has not endorsed any presidential candidate for 2027.

Kwankwaso said he’s still consulting on the issue and the next move for his political future, saying anything contrary to this is “premature and unfounded.”

The former governor made the remark in a statement on Saturday following recent reports that he has forged a political alignment with Peter Obi, the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP amidt the leadership problem problems facing the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

Kwankwaso and Obi are currently members of the embattled ADC which narrowly escaped the Supreme Court hammer last week, after the apex court endorsed the leadership of Senator David Mark. But analysts have opined that the party’s problem is not yet over, citing various court cases regarding its leadership, amidst suggestions that some aspirants in the party are planning to actualise their ambitions elsewhere, in another party.

Following the ruling, speculations have emerged that Kwankwaso and other ADC leaders are planning to seek a new platform to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in the general election next year.

The former governor was also said to have agreed to run as running mate to the LP former presidential candidate, on a platform yet to be unveiled by them. Their supporters are said to have floated the Obi/ Kwankwaso Movement to achieve this objective.

As part of this move, sources said the former governor and Obi are planing to join a newly registered political party, the NDC.

But reacting, the Kano strongman said he’s yet to decide about his political future, describing claims that he has agreed to run alongside Obi as false.

“All claims suggesting otherwise are premature and unfounded,” Kwankwaso said.