Kwankwaso: Peter Obi could have been my vice president in NNPP
The presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, said on Monday that the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, could have been his running.
Recall that Obi was a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party but had dump the party last week.
Kwankwaso, also a former Governor of Kano State stated this following speculations that Obi, now presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) was set to become his running mate.
“Many people suggested that (for Obi to be his running mate). I believe it could have been possible if not because he joined another party and now he is already a candidate as we have seen from the news just now,” he said during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“We look forward to seeing what happens in the next few days or weeks.”
While wishing Obi well, Senator Kwankwaso said the duo has an opportunity to talk about several national issues.
“Actually, we had the opportunity to talk to ourselves on many national issues until a few days to the time when he declared for the Labour Party of which now he is the presidential candidate,” he said.
