The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has said the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, should drop out of the race and back its standard bearer, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
NNPP National Chairman, Rufa’i Alkali, while briefing the press on Wednesday, dismissed the claim that Abubakar is in talks with his party for Kwankwaso to ‘step down.’
Alkali said the PDP is in disarray and the talk about “a consensus northern candidate” is false.
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He said; “We have been inundated with calls from across the country. We have no engagement with Atiku Abubakar on any level. Rabiu Kwankwaso is one person that has justified his position as a forerunner in this election. Atiku should not go so low to impose himself on Nigerians.
“What will someone want to offer in northern Nigeria, if not Kwankwaso, since they are talking about northern Nigeria now? The NNPP fully dissociates itself from the antics of Atiku Abubakar. We want Atiku Abubakar to step down for Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. It will be a great mistake and tragedy to allow APC to continue with governance in Nigeria. If people are in doubt, let them go and think again.
“It is also a tragedy to allow some of these people who caused most of these problems to come back again. The parties have taken their presidential candidates to court – this is what we have called mutually assured destruction.”