Rabiu Kwankwaso,
presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), says his party
is offering “a golden opportunity” to Peter Obi, standard-bearer of the Labour
Party (LP), to be his running mate.
Kwankwaso spoke on Saturday with journalists after
inaugurating the state office of the NNPP in Gombe state.
The presidential candidate said if he becomes the running
mate to Obi, the NNPP will collapse.
According to him, the south-east will miss a golden opportunity if the LP candidate is not his running mate in 2023.
“From the discussion
with the Labour Party, the main issue was who becomes the president if the
parties merge,” Premium
Times quoted him as saying.
“At the end of the day, some of our representatives thought
that there should be a criteria in terms of age, qualification, offices held,
performance and so on,” the NNPP candidate said.
“Of course the other side wouldn’t want that. Most of the
people from there believe that the presidency has to go there. If I decide to
be a vice presidential candidate for anybody in this country; NNPP will
collapse, because the party is based on what we have built in the last 30
years.
“I served for 17
years as a civil servant; we are talking of 47 years of very serious hard work
that is what is rarely holding NNPP now.
“Even if my friend [Peter Obi] wants to accept the vice
presidential candidate, some people in the south-east will not accept, that is
not strategic.
“This is a golden opportunity, if they lose it, it will be a
disaster.”
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