Kwankwaso Chummy With Tinubu, Working For President’s Re-election Behind The Scenes — Abba Yusuf’s Aide Alleges

 

 

By Rotela Oguns 

 

Sanusi Bature, spokesperson to Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, has alleged that all the political activities of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), are  a subtle design for  the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.

 

Bature stressed that Kwankwaso is working towards his goal of ensuring Tinubu’s victory at the polls behind the scenes.

 

The Kano governor’s spokesperson stated this in  an interview with Arise News on Wednesday, .

 

“There are those who are working with Tinubu openly, directly in the public space, and there are those who can work for Tinubu behind the scenes,” Bature said.

 

“I believe whatever Kwankwaso is doing will favour Tinubu at the end of the day because Kwankwaso worked for Tinubu in 2023.

 

 

“I’m a member of the APC; I have been the opposition spokesperson in Kano, and I know what happened in 2023. I believe Kwankwaso is working for Tinubu in 2027 behind the scenes.”

 

He added that any potential political arrangement between Kwankwaso and Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), would be short-lived and unsustainable amid shifting alliances in Kano politics.

 

“The NNPP is no longer a formidable platform for 2027,” he said.

 

 

“There was an agreement among critical stakeholders, including Rabiu Kwankwaso, to find a lasting solution ahead of 2027 because the NNPP cannot fly on its own.”

 

He said key actors in Kano, with Kwankwaso’s consent, identified the All Progressives Congress (APC) as “Option A” for realignment, with the aim of facilitating broader participation, including potential roles in the federal executive council (FEC).

 

Bature claimed that Kwankwaso initially pushed for a direct meeting with President Tinubu to discuss political negotiations.

 

He noted that the former governor allegedly cancelled a scheduled appointment with the president, citing a trip to China and never rescheduled.

 

 

 

On speculation of a Kwankwaso-Obi alliance, Bature said he does not see the partnership working between the two politicians.

 

“A Peter Obi-Kwankwaso ticket in Kano is strange. Kwankwaso, a PhD holder, deputising Obi, who only holds a first degree, doesn’t look like the Kwankwaso we know. I don’t see this partnership working,” he said.

 

He argued that such a ticket would underperform significantly in Kano, despite Kwankwaso’s strong showing in the 2023 elections.

 

“Kwankwaso alone under NNPP was able to secure over a million votes in Kano in 2023. But believe me, in 2027, with Obi as presidential candidate and Kwankwaso as vice presidential candidate, that ticket cannot secure one million votes in Kano,” Bature said.

 

The peoplestemplate has reported that Obi and Kwankwaso defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a coalition movement purposely formed to wrest the reins of power from Tinubu and, by extension, the APC.

 

The duo dumped the coalition movement for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) to pursue their political ambitions.

 

The NDC has since zome its presidential ticket to the southern zone, a development that puts Obi in a pole position to emerge as the party’s presidential candidate and his newfound ally, Kwankwaso, likely to emerge as his running mate.