2023: Labour Celebration Agreed Kwankwaso Was A Good Candidate

The Nationwide Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Celebration (NNPP), Prof Rufai Alkali has disclosed the rationale the merger between their presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and his Labour Celebration (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, failed.

Alkali advised newsmen on Sunday, on the NNPP’s secretariat in Abuja that the alliance failed to return to fruition as a result of the LP camp insisted that NNPP concedes the presidency to them.

He stated: “A technical committee was set as much as work out the alliance.

“However for the eight hours that they met, the LP camp stated only one factor; that Kwankwaso ought to concede the presidency to Obi, that it was the time of the South East to turn out to be the president.”

He stated that the LP camp agreed that Kwankwaso was an excellent candidate but it surely was time for Southeast to take over energy.

The NNPP chairman additionally alleged that Obi’s camp leaked the deliberations on social media whereas the alliance negotiations have been ongoing, which led to the collapse of the alliance talks.

He additional acknowledged that when there was a stalemate in the course of the negotiation, the LP camp introduced to the media that there was a breakdown within the talks.