Choosing Kwankwaso as Obi’s running mate ‘a gross mistake’ – NNPP tells NDC

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has criticised the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) over its decision to pick Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso as the running mate to its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying the choice was a gross mistake.

In a statement issued on Monday, the NNPP’s National Secretary-General, Mr Ogini Olaposi, alleged that Kwankwaso’s conduct after contesting the 2023 presidential election on the NNPP platform showed that he could eventually betray the NDC.

According to the statement, the party claimed that Kwankwaso’s political history should have been considered before he was chosen as Obi’s vice-presidential candidate for the 2027 election.

Olaposi argued that the NNPP gave…