2027: Kwankwaso will run as Peter Obi’s deputy — Kwankwasiyya

The Kwankwasiyya Movement has revealed that its leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will run as the deputy of Peter Obi in the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).

According to the movement, he will be received by the new party on Monday having left the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

The developments were confirmed by the spokesman of the Kwankwassiya Movement, Dr. Habibu Sale Mohammed, in an exclusive interview with The Nation on Saturday.

Mohammed said the decision was taken after a stakeholders’ meeting in Kano on Friday.

He said the meeting was attended by members of the NDC and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).

He said: “At the meeting, we discussed the litigation affecting the ADC.

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“With only eight days left for the submission of parties’ membership registers to INEC, stakeholders concluded there was no hope that the ADC would survive the onslaught against it.

“We had to jump ship.”

Mohammed said key Kwankwasiyya figures have already left the ADC.

He said: “All Kwankwasiyya followers, including Yusuf Gawuna and Aminu Gwarzo who resigned as Kano State Deputy Governor, have left the ADC.

“They are to follow the leader (Kwankwaso) to any political party he goes to.”

He added that discussions were ongoing to woo two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, to the NDC.

He said: “The decision to join the NDC is to avoid the legal trap that could prevent Obi and Kwankwaso from contesting the 2027 presidential poll.

“This ensures Nigerians have an array of candidates to choose from, rather than a single compulsory candidate.

“This time, Kwankwaso is open to all negotiations that will lead to a change in government, with the hope that there will be understanding and support for his sacrifice.”

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