2027: North must not always produce Nigeria’s leader – Kwankwaso

Vice presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, says the North must not always produce Nigeria’s leader.

Kwankwaso made this assertion during an interview programme on News Central Television.

He was speaking on his decision to run alongside a Southern presidential candidate, noting that the North believes in fairness, justice and mutual respect between the two regions.

When asked about a school of thought that says that the North should always rule Nigeria, Kwankwaso pointed to his current political alignment as evidence that such thinking is not universal.

“I don’t have to put it in words. By what I am doing now, being vice to somebody from the South, I don’t think that argument can stand on our side.

“So we believe, North, I can tell you, believe in fairness; we believe in justice and we believe in mutual respect between the South and the North. And that has always been our position,” Kwankwaso said.

His assertion came as the NDC prepares for the 2027 presidential election, with Kwankwaso serving as running mate to Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate.

Recall that Kwankwaso had previously rejected an offer to serve as Obi’s running mate ahead of the 2023 election, explaining at the time that the ‘mood’ in the North favoured power remaining in the region after President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year tenure.