Former Governor of Kano State and the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said that the alliance between his party and the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, would have been undefeatable in the 2023 general elections if not for their inability to agree on certain points.
The NNPP flag bearer said that if the two political parties had completed their alliance, there would have been no need for a second ballot in 2023.
Speaking at a forum with the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, and senior journalists in Lagos on Sunday, the former Kano State Governor said the major issue for discussion was who will be the presidential candidate and vice-presidential candidate.
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According to him, the two parties raised negotiation committees and the committees looked at the ages, educational qualifications, offices held and experiences of the candidates, however, the alliance negotiation could not come to fruition as the committee of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party insisted on a power shift to the South-East.
The presidential candidate noted that his committee, which was led by Buba Galadima, could not accept the other team’s condition because the country has gone beyond having a president based on ethnic and regional considerations.
“I thought the alliance would be good. If we had done that nobody would be talking about a second ballot in 2023,” he said