Orji Kalu: Why Kwankwaso’s NNPP must not be underrated by APC, PDP | TheCable
, former governor of Kano, stands to benefit if the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party fail to field 2023 presidential candidates from the south-east and north-east.PDP to join the New Nigeria Peoples Party . The development came a few weeks after Abba Yusuf, his son-in-law, left the main opposition party to join NNPP.
Reacting to the growing political appeal of NNPP, Kalu said the high profile defections to the party should be of concern to PDP and APC.“The recent high profile defections to the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, especially in the north-west geo-political zone should not be taken for granted by our great party, the All Progressives Congress ,” he said.
“The silent majority who have a working conscience could protest this injustice by supporting Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso to clinch the presidential seat in 2023 if our party, the APC, and the opposition PDP field their candidates from any other zone aside south-east or north-east.“It is time to unite and rally around a zone that has not produced the nation’s president since the rotation convention dispensation that began in 1999.
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