2027: 'NNPP Will Defeat APC, Others,' Kwankwaso, Gives Condition

• Momentum continues to gather towards the 2027 general elections in the most populous black nation on earth
• A prominent chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has predicted that his party, under free, fair and credible elections will win the 2027 presidential elections
• Kwankwaso, a presidential hopeful, has served as minister, governor of Kano state, and federal lawmaker

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering politics and governance in Nigeria.

FCT, Abuja - Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has boasted that the party will defeat other political parties in the country.

As reported on Friday, February 21, by Vanguard, the assurance of the NNPP producing the next president of the country 'is clear' if the process is free and fair.

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Speaking on Thursday, February 20, at the Bolingo Hotel in Abuja during the party’s 8th national executive council (NEC) meeting, Senator Kwankwaso criticised the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The former governor and one-time minister accused the ruling party of worsening poverty in the country, stressing that Nigerians were experiencing unprecedented hardship.

The NNPP leader, who urged Nigerians to consider their struggles and give the NNPP a chance to lead the nation, said:

“We are all aware of the difficulties the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are facing.

"If there is a free and fair election in this country, the NNPP will defeat the APC, PDP, and other parties.”

Kwankwaso addresses alleged friction in NNPP

Meanwhile, talking about the reported division in the NNPP, Kwankwaso insisted that the party is united.

He said:

“And that is why, once some people are making some claims, I believe that silence is the best answer to a fool, even though the fools are benefiting because they are collecting a lot of money from the enemies of the people in this country.

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“Even they knew they were only joking and it was a big joke, really, for anybody to go around with an old logo of the NNPP."

2027: Ganduje under fire

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Suleiman Abdul-Azeez, director of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), criticised Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the APC, over his call on the north to bury any ambition of contesting against President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

Abdul-Azeez described Ganduje’s argument as “worrisome”, adding that all eligible candidates have the right to contest for any political office without fear of intimidation or coercion.

Source: Legit.ng