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Barring last-minute changes, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will defect to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Monday.
The defection is coming almost a week after Tamarapreyenews reported that all was set for his move.
Kwankwaso was billed to defect to the ADC last Wednesday, but sources close to him said it was postponed to allow “sticky points” to be ironed out. One of the conditions was to enable the former governor to produce the governorship candidate for the ADC in Kano.
While the ADC pushed for an open ticket to allow interested aspirants to contest, Kwankwaso insisted on anointing a candidate.
Kwankwaso is looking in the direction of Nasiru Gawuna, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023, who was defeated by his anointed candidate and current governor under the NNPP.
Sources said the ADC leadership accepted Kwankwaso’s condition and would allow Gawuna, who is also expected to defect to the ADC on Monday, during the ceremony to welcome the former minister, to get the ticket.
Also expected to defect alongside Kwankwaso is the immediate past Deputy Governor, Aminu Abdussalam, who resigned from office a few days ago.
Kwankwaso is to be made the leader of the ADC in Kano and will also be regarded as a national leader of the party.
Another condition Kwankwaso reportedly pushed was to “at least get the ADC presidential running mate,” but this was not granted, with the explanation that the party’s candidate is at liberty to choose a running mate.
SB E-news.
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