2023: Why Kwankwaso Won’t Step Down For Atiku – NNPP

Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has declared that he will not retire in favor of Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party.

Major Agbo, the NNPP’s spokesman, revealed this in a chat with one of our journalists and refuted a claim that Kwankwaso was being pressured to resign for Atiku by northern leaders.

Agbo questioned, “How can somebody come out and say Kwankwaso should step down for Atiku? ” in response to the news. No, Atiku should resign instead.

He asserts that Kwankwaso is in the running to win and that he will become the nation’s next president.

However, the NNPP spokesman did not completely rule out the prospect of alliance negotiations, which he stated would take place on its conditions.

When questioned about the status of the reported discussions between his party and the Labour Party’s presidential campaign staff, Agbo denied the information.

“Go and ask Okupe (Dr Doyin Okupe). He was the one who scuttled the first alliance talk because he came into the negotiation with his ‘unusual’ agenda that Obi should be made the president. How can Obi be president over Kwankwaso?”

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Rufai Alkali, the National Chairman of the NNPP, had the same opinion as Agbo when he called the allegation inaccurate.

Professor of Political Science Alkali claimed that the study was the product of individuals determined to mislead Nigerians in order to gain cheap political points.

According to him; “It is completely false. We are not surprised at all that this story is coming out this way at this time. All discerning Nigerians have been following the pattern.

“They first said our candidate was going to step down for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. When we debunked it, they said the NNPP had surrendered to the Labour Party and Peter Obi. When we explained the circumstances, they kept quiet.

“Next, there was an attempt by our elders at the Arewa Consultative Forum dialogue for Presidential candidates to present their manifestos. We agreed with the organizers but we realized that there were forces working to undermine the process by using the platform to endorse a Northern candidate. When Kwankwaso did not appear, that project collapsed.

“In the past few weeks, our candidate presented his blueprint which came out very solid. He was at the AriseTV -CDD Presidential debate which was very successful. He travelled to the South-East, and spent three days in Enugu and Abakiliki.

“With all these achievements, fear has gripped them. They have now come up with another card that he is under pressure to step down. Step down for who? Under what circumstances? Has it happened in the history of democracy in Nigeria that a Presidential candidate with a strong party backing him, with Nigerians urging him to move on, will surrender his structures to someone else?

“Now that he has become a shining star, they are scared. It is sheer propaganda and psychological warfare and all those behind this should stop.”