NNPP announces Pastor Idahosa as Kwankwaso running mate
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has announced Pastor Isaac Idahosa as the running mate for its candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso.
“Our Vice President Pastor, Bishop Isaac Idahosa of Edo State,” NNPP tweeted on Thursday.
Issac Idahosa is the Presiding Bishop and Senior Pastor of God First Ministry popularly known as Enlightenment Assembly, Lekki Light Center (LLC), Lagos.
Kwankwaso's choice comes after a failed negotiation with the Labor Party for a joint ticket with Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State.
Obi's refusal to be Kwankwaso's running mate also put an end to the alliance talks of the two political parties, as they had earlier announced that they were in talks to reach an alliance before the elections in 2023.
The Labor Party had also asked Kwankwaso to be Obi's running mate, but the former Kano state governor turned down the offer.
Kwankwaso argued that voters in the North would not vote for Obi if he became the standard bearer for the merger of the two parties.
"The implication is that if you put someone from the southeast, unfortunately there are a lot of problems in the southeast," Kwankwaso said on Channels Television.
“You see, voters in the North are the hardest hit by the problem of bad administration in this country. Even under these circumstances, a voter in the North also thinks they are better off as a united Nigeria.”< /p>
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has announced Pastor Isaac Idahosa as the running mate for its candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso.
“Our Vice President Pastor, Bishop Isaac Idahosa of Edo State,” NNPP tweeted on Thursday.
Issac Idahosa is the Presiding Bishop and Senior Pastor of God First Ministry popularly known as Enlightenment Assembly, Lekki Light Center (LLC), Lagos.
Kwankwaso's choice comes after a failed negotiation with the Labor Party for a joint ticket with Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State.
Obi's refusal to be Kwankwaso's running mate also put an end to the alliance talks of the two political parties, as they had earlier announced that they were in talks to reach an alliance before the elections in 2023.
The Labor Party had also asked Kwankwaso to be Obi's running mate, but the former Kano state governor turned down the offer.
Kwankwaso argued that voters in the North would not vote for Obi if he became the standard bearer for the merger of the two parties.
"The implication is that if you put someone from the southeast, unfortunately there are a lot of problems in the southeast," Kwankwaso said on Channels Television.
“You see, voters in the North are the hardest hit by the problem of bad administration in this country. Even under these circumstances, a voter in the North also thinks they are better off as a united Nigeria.”< /p>
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