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I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by Pakute(op): 6:48pm On Jan 04

Kwankwaso speaks on joining opposition coalition, Governor Yusuf’s planned defection

Former Kano State Governor and leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has confirmed that discussions are underway with key opposition figures to join the opposition coalition against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Speaking in Hausa on Saturday at his Kano residence, Mr Kwankwaso addressed a gathering of supporters amid swirling rumours regarding the imminent defection of Kano Governor Abba Yusuf, along with other elected and appointed officials, to the APC.

“At the national level, talks are ongoing to join an opposition coalition,” Mr Kwankwaso stated, drawing a thunderous applause.

“However, I have made it categorically clear that I will only join a coalition that considers me as either the presidential or vice-presidential candidate.”

Observers see Mr Kwankwaso’s remarks as a signal of a potential alliance with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, possibly under the umbrella of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

However, Mr Kwankwaso’s insistence to be on the presidential ticket may be a stumbling block to the coalition. Other likely presidential hopefuls who are already in the ADC are Messrs Atiku and Obi as well as former transport minister Rotimi Amaechi.

Addressing the rumoured defection of Governor Yusuf to the APC, Mr Kwankwaso pleaded with the defectors to reconsider their position.

While he did not mention the governor by name, he stated that such a move would make Mr Yusuf a “worse politician” than his local rival and former APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje.

“We are praying that they do not join the APC,” Mr Kwankwaso said. “But if they insist, I believe the governor should resign his position before defecting. That mandate belongs to all of us and the people, not just an individual.”

Mr Kwankwaso further revealed that he had personally been offered several positions to join the APC but declined, stating the offers were insufficient for himself and his loyal supporters who have faced hardships and violence during their political struggle.

He dismissed claims that the NNPP is no longer a viable platform for the 2027 elections, pointing to the party’s successful congresses and recent local electoral victories.

“What is most painful is the attempt to take our hard-won victory and structure back to Ganduje in the APC,” he added, urging his followers to remain steadfast, and warning that anyone who betrays the Kwankwasiyya movement will ultimately fail.

The core of Kano politics for the last decade has been the bitter rivalry between Messrs Kwankwaso and Ganduje. Governor Yusuf was elected on the platform of the NNPP, backed by Mr Kwankwaso’s Kwankwasiyya movement to dismantle Mr Ganduje’s legacy.

A defection by Governor Yusuf to the APC would mean joining the national ruling party, where Mr Ganduje is a key figure—a move that Mr Kwankwaso views as the ultimate betrayal of their political struggle.

Efforts to reach Sanusi Bature, the spokesperson for Governor Yusuf, were unsuccessful as of Saturday evening to comment on Mr Kwankwaso’s claims.

The rumoured defection

The political landscape in Kano State is currently experiencing a tremor due to the reported rift between Governor Yusuf and his political godfather, Mr Kwankwaso, following the planned defection of the governor.

Insiders said Mr Yusuf may be seeking to “liberate” himself from Mr Kwankwaso’s perceived overbearing influence.

By joining the APC, Mr Yusuf would align himself directly with the federal government, potentially securing the resources and “federal might” necessary to contest the 2027 elections without relying solely on Mr Kwankwaso’s machinery.

The NNPP currently governs only Kano State. If the governor, his cabinet, the state and federal legislators defect to the APC, the NNPP risks losing its only major power base in Nigeria, effectively rendering Mr Kwankwaso a leader without a governing territory ahead of the 2027 presidential race.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/847383-kwankwaso-speaks-on-joining-opposition-coalition-governor-yusufs-planned-defection.html

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by insidelife22(m): 6:50pm On Jan 04

If you were this humble in 2023 ,you for be vp now

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by brain54(m): 6:53pm On Jan 04

insidelife22:
If you were this humble in 2023 ,you for be vp now

All of them are so rigid and don't want to bend for anyone...

Atiku, obi and kwakwaso. Now all of them are ready to make compromises but It might just be a little bit too late for them!

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by Bluntguy: 7:06pm On Jan 04

brain54:
All of them are so rigid and don't want to bend for anyone...

Atiku, obi and kwakwaso. Now all of them are ready to make compromises but It might just be a little bit too late for them!

It is better late than never

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by jmoore(m): 7:08pm On Jan 04

brain54:
All of them are so rigid and don't want to bend for anyone...

Atiku, obi and kwakwaso. Now all of them are ready to make compromises but It might just be a little bit too late for them!

Stop putting Peter Obi into same basket as the others. Peter Obi understood power rotation between north and south, that's why he didn't want to be running mate to anyone in 2023 and 2027.

What are Atiku and Kwankwanso looking for in AsoRock as president when Buhari from their region just finished 8 years?

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by simpleseyi: 7:08pm On Jan 04

When the Lizard thinks itself as the Alligator, then small small boys in the village will use catapult and stones to break its head.

Tinubu refused to dump Shettima the Kanuri Winder Boy for Kwashiorkor, sorry I mean Kwankwaso

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by Putindbutt(m): 7:09pm On Jan 04

Lol, you want free Presidential or VP ticket in the coalition, the coalition you didn't join from the beginning, Lol. And you already have three candidates who are desperate to be President. Atiku, Obi , Ameachi are desperate, nobody is ready to step down for another. They're so desperate that they're promising a single term. And Kwankwaso want to join the list. I bet you, everything will scatter.

This is why Jagaban will always be ahead of those desperate, internally displaced, expired politicians. Kwankwaso was making unreasonable demands to join APC, he wanted APC political structures of the entire NW alongside him being the VP. Jagaban will never throw his loyalists that have stood by him in the NW under the bus for Kwankwaso ambition. He quietly began negotiations with the Governor who himself had wanted to break free from Kwankwaso. Everything was sealed and signed without Kwankwaso's knowledge. Jagaban outsmarted him, e pain am.

You can hear Kwankwaso talking about structures, that is what pained him the most. Gov Yusuf has taken all the structures in Kano to APC. Kwankwaso has become irrelevant in Kano without the political structures.
Grabs popcorn as we continue to watch this film.

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by brain54(m): 7:12pm On Jan 04

jmoore:
Stop putting Peter Obi into same basket as the others. Peter Obi understood power rotation between north and south, that's why he didn't want to be running mate to anyone in 2023 and 2027.

What are Atiku and Kwankwanso looking for in AsoRock as president when Buhari from their region just finished 8 years?

Obi is in the same basket with all of them...

Infact, he is the most guilty of the lot. What has changed about the power rotation?

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by jmoore(m): 7:18pm On Jan 04

brain54:
Obi is in the same basket with all of them...

Infact, he is the most guilty of the lot. What has changed about the power rotation?

Babablu Bulabu. Oya rest!!

I know some people are allergic to being educated.

You are still asking what has changed about power rotation.

Dude, you are still naive.

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by brain54(m): 7:20pm On Jan 04

jmoore:
Babablu Bulabu. Oya rest!!

I know some people are allergic to being educated.

You are still asking what has changed about power rotation.

Dude, you are still naive.

Answer the question Mr man...

Don't deflect if you actually know what you are saying I double dare you!

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by jmoore(m): 7:24pm On Jan 04

brain54:
Answer the question Mr man...

Don't deflect if you actually know what you are saying I double dare you!

I double dare you to pick the answer for yourself from my first reply to you.

It's a test of your IQ. If you can't find it, sorry.

Won't educate you again here!

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by alanto: 7:28pm On Jan 04

Meaning if anybody promise you VP or Presidential ticket you will ditch both the governor and the NNPP as a party.

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by franchasofficia: 7:30pm On Jan 04

Good of him.

In 2023 he was insisting Presidential ticket or nothing, as he saw how he struggled to secure votes outside Kano state, he is now asking to become a running mate.

Give him more time he will reduce it to Ministerial appointment like the other Rivers thug called Wike, just a matter of time

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by brain54(m): 7:33pm On Jan 04

jmoore:
I double dare you to pick the answer for yourself from my first reply to you.

It's a test of your IQ. If you can't find it, sorry.

Won't educate you again here!

How has power rotation changed...

That obi is now willing to compromise his position to deputize a northerner you are speaking plenty grammar. Where is the answer to that question in anything you have said?

Educate yourself first before attempting to educating another.

Teacher that can't answer questions from student because he doesn't know what he is teaching.

Is that one teacher? Or you think it's to teach nonsense?🤷

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by jmoore(m): 7:45pm On Jan 04

brain54:
How has power rotation changed...

That obi is now willing to compromise his position to deputize a northerner you are speaking plenty grammar. Where is the answer to that question in anything you have said?

Educate yourself first before attempting to educating another.

Teacher that can't answer questions from student because he doesn't know what he is teaching.

Is that one teacher? Or you think it's to teach nonsense?🤷

Obi told you that in your dream?

Tell us other dreams you had.

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by TimeManager(m): 7:47pm On Jan 04*

“We are praying that they do not join the APC,” Mr Kwankwaso said. “But if they insist, I believe the governor should resign his position before defecting. That mandate belongs to all of us and the people, not just an individual.”

Kwankwaso seems to be confused, you want a Governor to resign for decamping. Yet you're considering a ticket under another party.

He dismissed claims that the NNPP is no longer a viable platform for the 2027 elections, pointing to the party’s successful congresses and recent local electoral victories.

You still believe NNPP remains a viable platform in 2027 yet you courting another party for a ticket. He sure knows the Governor's potential defection is a big blow to him. Next time, you don't play hard to get with the Jagaban.

-Kiss the truth!

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by brain54(m): 7:49pm On Jan 04

jmoore:
Obi told you that in your dream?

Tell us other dreams you had.

My friend if you can't think of anything important to say...

You should stop talking. If you don't understand the comment I made about all the major candidates involved compromising their positions you shouldn't have quoted me.

I made a comment about the 3 of them you are the one that excluded and excepted obi. Now you are beating around the bush!

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by jmoore(m): 7:54pm On Jan 04

brain54:
My friend if you can't think of anything important to say...

You should stop talking. If you don't understand the comment I made about all the major candidates involved compromising their positions you shouldn't have quoted me.

I made a comment about the 3 of them you are the one that excluded and excepted obi. Now you are beating around the bush!

You are the one that said Obi is the most guilty.

Obi is not compromising any position by joining the coalition.

REST!!

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by brain54(m): 8:05pm On Jan 04

jmoore:
You are the one that said Obi is the most guilty.

Obi is not compromising any position by joining the coalition.

REST!!

Obi is the most guilty because he had many opportunities to deputize...

For atiku and kwakwaso. Both of which could have improved their chances. ( and which was the point the person I quoted made) But insisted on being deputy to no one. Same reason he left pdp to be the candidate of labour party.

If you don't see his deflection to adc as a compromise especially considering what he has always stood for then sorry I can't help you and you know little about politics. You think it's until he comes out to make a public statement that he has compromised his position or to argue blindly and defend what you know nothing of because he is the candidate you support?

For someone who wants to teach people you still have a lot of learning to do!

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by jmoore(m): 8:08pm On Jan 04

brain54:
Obi is the most guilty because he had many opportunities to deputize...

For atiku and kwakwaso. Both of which could have improved their chances. ( and which was the point the person I quoted made) But insisted on being deputy to no one. Same reason he left pdp to be the candidate of labour party.

If you don't see his deflection to adc as a compromise especially considering what he has always stood for then sorry I can't help you and you know little about politics. You think it's until he comes out to make a public statement that he has compromised his position or to argue blindly and defend what you know nothing of because he is the candidate you support?

For someone who wants to teach people you still have a lot of learning to do!

Learning from who? Definitely not from you.
Stick to your illusion.

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by brain54(m): 8:10pm On Jan 04

jmoore:
Learning from who? Definitely not from you.
Stick to your illusion.

Learn from wherever you can...

It doesn't matter.

The key point is improve your thinking!

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by WhizdomXX(m): 9:48pm On Jan 04

brain54:
Obi is the most guilty because he had many opportunities to deputize...

For atiku and kwakwaso. Both of which could have improved their chances. ( and which was the point the person I quoted made) But insisted on being deputy to no one. Same reason he left pdp to be the candidate of labour party.

If you don't see his deflection to adc as a compromise especially considering what he has always stood for then sorry I can't help you and you know little about politics. You think it's until he comes out to make a public statement that he has compromised his position or to argue blindly and defend what you know nothing of because he is the candidate you support?

For someone who wants to teach people you still have a lot of learning to do!

Obi did not refuse to deputize Atiku in 2023, he was not even made the offer. When he made the offer to Kwankwaso and they went into talks, we know what the outcome was.

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by Helinuse: 12:17am On Jan 05

Keep joking.
But this is what I foresee:

This may be the Nigerian President from 2027:

Sen. Marco Rubio.

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by HacheNoire: 12:17am On Jan 05

jmoore:
Stop putting Peter Obi into same basket as the others. Peter Obi understood power rotation between north and south, that's why he didn't want to be running mate to anyone in 2023 and 2027.

What are Atiku and Kwankwanso looking for in AsoRock as president when Buhari from their region just finished 8 years?

I think you are the only true Obidient on this forum!

While others blame Tinubu for the chaos in other party’s, you have pin pointed the greed of potential candidates in other Party.

I am pro-Tinubu, but if I am compelled to say the truth, I did tell you Tinubu will lose if Atiku stepped down and supported Peter’s candidacy!

No way Tinubu would have won!

That opportunity is gone and can never be redeemed. I am that sure!

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by Emeskhalifa(m): 12:18am On Jan 05

Toh be Like VP Of Tinibu go come and be going home o

Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by fredoooooo: 12:18am On Jan 05

Na ya wàhálà oga kwankwanso ...

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by oluwaseyi0: 12:18am On Jan 05

Selfish light weight northerner

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by autoez: 12:19am On Jan 05

Tinubu can swap Shetimma for Kwankwaso. This wil be a huge blow to ADC

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by OnyeObowo1: 12:20am On Jan 05

insidelife22:
If you were this humble in 2023 ,you for be vp now

Lies..

Obi Bleep up, he ddnt present his terms well before him..

Obi and always party Wii decide are 5and6

Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by Cmanforall: 12:21am On Jan 05

Goodbye Shetima

But this will only be one State, isn’t it?

Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by Metrofox(m): 12:22am On Jan 05

insidelife22:
If you were this humble in 2023 ,you for be vp now

He has tested his popularity and has been humbled as the village champion of kano that he is

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Re: I Will Only Join Another Party If Offered Presidential Or VP Ticket - Kwankwaso by Cmanforall: 12:23am On Jan 05

OnyeObowo1:
Lies..

Obi Bleep up, he ddnt present his terms well before him..

Obi and always party Wii decide are 5and6

You may be right. I think Obi didn’t go head on with the offer. He was depending on Abure and other party members.
Truly Datti was a lightweight VP candidate.

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