2027: APC Chieftain Warns That Kwankwaso’s Inclusion Could Shatter Tinubu’s Ambition

The return of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), to the APC would ensure President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reelection in 2027, according to Sam Nkire, a founding member of the All Progressives Congress.
In a statement released on Sunday, Nkire reportedly asked Tinubu to take all necessary steps to reunite Kwankwaso with the ruling party before the next election.

“Kwankwaso’s inclusion will just nail the coffin,” Nkire stated, notwithstanding Tinubu’s potential victory in 2027.

The leader of the APC, who supported Kwankwaso in the 2014 presidential primary against Muhammadu Buhari, stated that Tinubu should have no trouble concluding a deal with his longstanding ally.

“As longtime friends and people who understand why Kwankwaso left the APC in the first place, President Tinubu shouldn’t have any trouble coming to an agreement with Kwankwaso,” he stated.

Nkire remembered going to see Tinubu, the then-National Leader of the APC, multiple times in 2014 with Kwankwaso to ask for his backing against Buhari.

“I apologize, I have given my word to General Buhari,” Nkire recalled Tinubu saying over and over.

Nkire has faith in Tinubu’s ability to negotiate on terms for Kwankwaso’s potential comeback or merger with the APC.

He went on to say, “I think President Tinubu can deal and negotiate on both political and corporate issues. This deal’s successful completion will confirm my prediction that the next president will result from a merger, coalition, or cooperative effort.