The political direction of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) national leader Rabiu Kwankwaso, is unclear ahead of the 2027 general election. This is because of his seemingly non-challant attitude to the proposed coalition by opposition politicians including Atiku Abubakar, former vice president of Nigeria.
Atiku and some opposition politicians, including former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai and Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election are at an advanced stage of launching a broad based coalition ahead of 2027.
But a source close to Kwankwaso, told BusinessDay that the former Kano governor is not keen on such a coalition, because his past association with Atiku did not end well.
The source said Kwankwaso was weighing his options ahead of 2027 and would decide his direction soon, but was not keen on the coalition.
“Kwankwaso is not really happy about his past association with Atiku and would not want a repeat of such. He may not trust Atiku and El-Rufai and may not join them”, the source said.
In recent weeks many chieftains and federal lawmakers of the NNPP in Kano have defected to the APC, prompting doubts about the political future of the Kwankwaso.
Recent media reports also stated that Kwankwaso was ready to join the APC.
But Kano Governor Abba Yusuf, recently said he was ready to follow Kwankwaso to any political platform he points to ahead of the 2027 general election.
