The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed report that its presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will deputise Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, in the 2023 general elections.
NNPP described the media report titled: “NNPP-LP alliance: ‘Kwankwaso can deputise Obi’ as misleading and embarrassing to ‘our great party’ saying it is the figment of the reporter’s imagination.
A statement on Sunday and signed by NNPP’s National Publicity Secretary, Dr Agbo Major, reads: “The attention of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has been drawn to a Daily Trust report titled, “NNPP-LP alliance: ‘Kwankwaso can deputise Obi’”, published on Sunday, June 19, 2022, and dismisses it as false and figment of the reporter’s imagination.
“NNPP has never at any time said its esteemed Presidential Candidate, His Excellency, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, could accept to be Labour Party, Peter Obi’s deputy. The report is misleading and embarrassing to our great party, its Presidential Candidate, Kwankwaso and millions of supporters in Nigeria and in the diaspora, and we urge journalists to crosscheck their reports before publishing them to avoid national disaffection ahead of the crucial 2023 general election.