Founding member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Sam Nkire, says the entry by the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, would surely guarantee the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 poll.
Nkire, in a statement on Sunday, called on President Tinubu to do what he can to bring back Kwankwaso to the APC, in order to further ensure his victory in the next presidential election.
Nkire said, “Although Tinubu may win in 2027, Kwankwaso’s inclusion will just nail the coffin.”
Chief Nkire, who supported Kwankwaso to run for President against Buhari in the APC’s presidential primaries of 2014, added that, “President Tinubu should not have a problem reaching an agreement with Kwankwaso, being long-time friends and knowing the reason why Kwankwaso left the APC in the first place.”
Nkire recalled the many times he, in the company of Kwankwaso, visited the then National Leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, in 2014, seeking his support for Kwankwaso against the candidacy of Buhari; a request to which Tinubu repeatedly said, “I’m sorry, I have given my word to General Buhari.”
On Kwankwaso’s conditions for joining or merging with the APC, Nkire said he believed in President Tinubu’s ability to deal and negotiate either in business or political matters, adding that, “This deal sailing through will strengthen my belief that the next President will be a product of either a merger, a coalition, or a collaboration.”
