"What Must Be Done With Kwankwaso To Ensure Tinubu's Victory": APC Founding Member Speaks Out
- APC founding member Sam Nkire said reconciling with NNPP’s Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso would secure President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 victory
- Nkire recalled past ties with Kwankwaso and Tinubu, noting that Tinubu had once declined to back Kwankwaso in favour of Muhammadu Buhari in 2014
- He expressed confidence in Tinubu’s ability to negotiate, stressing that Nigeria’s next president could emerge from a merger, coalition, or collaboration
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A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Sam Nkire, has said that bringing Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso back into the party would guarantee President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory in the 2027 election.
In a statement on Sunday, September 21, Nkire urged the president to do everything possible to reconcile with Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in 2023.
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“Although Tinubu may win in 2027, Kwankwaso’s inclusion will just nail the coffin,” Nkire stated.
Nkire recalls past ties with Kwankwaso and Tinubu
Nkire explained that he supported Kwankwaso in the APC presidential primaries of 2014 against Muhammadu Buhari, noting that both of them regularly visited Tinubu to seek his backing, Vanguard reported.
He added:
"President Tinubu should have no issue negotiating with Kwankwaso, being buddies and aware of the reason Kwankwaso defected from the APC to start with."
Nkire recalled Tinubu, then APC National Leader, having rejected their desperate pleas that he support Kwankwaso, bluntly asserting,
"I'm sorry, I have given my word to General Buhari."
Nkire pinning hopes on Tinubu's negotiation prowess
Negotiating terms of Kwankwaso's probable return or entry into the APC, Nkire was optimistic about Tinubu's political and business negotiating prowess, Guardian reported.
"I have faith in President Tinubu's negotiating and deal-making skills whether political or commercial," he said.
Nkire continued:
"This is surviving and will justify my conviction that the next president would be a product of either collusion, merger, or coalition.".
Kwankwaso gives conditions to rejoin APC
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Legit.ng reported that Kwankwaso, has listed conditions for rejoining the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kwankwaso declared that his party is open to joining the APC but only on what he described as “strong promises.”
Kwankwaso made this known while receiving Buhari Bakwana, a former political adviser to ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
He recounted how he and other key figures played a central role in founding the APC in 2013. According to Kwakwanso, they bore the brunt of political persecution from ICPC, EFCC, and the police in the process.
El-Rufai says Tinubu aiming to be life-time president
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the former Kaduna state governor, has alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is pushing Nigeria towards authoritarianism.
In clear terms, the former governor warned Nigerians that the president wants to make himself a “life president.” El-Rufai spoke at the weekend during a solidarity visit by Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, in Kaduna.
El-Rufai further urged Atiku to rally Nigerians against Tinubu in 2027, praising his past role in fighting military rule. Both leaders vowed to harmonise their efforts to “rescue Nigeria” ahead of the 2027 elections.
Source: Legit.ng
