Becoming Peter Obi’s running mate won’t help your 2031 ambition – APC chieftain to Kwankwaso

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Goriola Yakub, has said the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso’s decision to pitch his tent with Peter Obi won’t help his ambition in 2031.

Yakub suggested that becoming Obi’s running mate could turn out to be Kwankwaso’s worst political decision.

In an interview with Trust TV, the APC chieftain said: “Incidentally in 2022, Kwankwaso was explaining why himself as a Northerner can’t be a running mate to Peter Obi. He gave himself an objective either to be a vice presidential candidate or a presidential candidate and with the mood he now felt that the only available is to become a vice presidential candidate.

“But I want to tell you something that it could turn out to be Kwankwaso’s worst political move if he thinks that this would help his 2031.”

Yakub insisted that the former Anambra State governor has no pathway in Northern Nigeria.

He added: “Kwankwaso knows Peter Obi and there is no pathway for Obi in the North. Let me give you an example, if Kwankwaso was the top of a ticket and he could not deliver the North to himself, how would he deliver the North to Peter Obi?”

Kwankwaso, a former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Democratic Party, NNPP, defected to the NDC a few months ago, after which he emerged as the party’s presidential running mate.