2023 Elections: Biafra activities won’t let me be Obi’s running mate – Rabiu Kwankwaso

The NNPP Presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has said that the activities of Biafra agitators in the South-East will not allow him to become the running mate to Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the forthcoming presidential election.

Kwankwaso stated that ordinarily he would have opted to be Obi’s running mate, especially now that he is currently jobless, but maintained that northern voters will never vote any presidential candidate from the South-East.

While featuring on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, argued that being Obi’s running mate would mean both of them will lose the election because northern voters will naturally vote for a northern candidate.

For this reason, Kwankwaso believes that those advocating that he becomes Obi’s running mate are enemies, who already know what the outcome of such arrangement would be.

“That is what the enemy outside there is saying [that I should be running mate to Peter Obi]. The implication is that if you put somebody from the South-East, unfortunately, you know there are many issues in the South-East.

“You see, the northern voter is the worst hit in this issue of maladministration In this country. But even in that circumstance, the northern voter believes he is better off with one united Nigeria.

“Therefore, most of the things that are happening in the South, especially the South-East, people are not comfortable with that and as long as you have anybody from there in any party, it would be very difficult for the northern voter to vote.”

When asked if he would desire to be Obi’s running mate, the former Kano State Governor said, “You see, I’m jobless now. I’m not doing any job. So becoming a vice president [why not?]”