The Nationwide Chairman of the New Nigerian Peoples Occasion, NNPP, Ajuji Ahmed, says the occasion’s presidential candidate within the 2023 basic elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso just isn’t defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Ahmed made this assertion on Tuesday, whereas responding to questions in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Come up Tv.
He stated the NNPP is fairly open to coalition.
“I don’t suppose so. I don’t suppose what he stated indicated in any approach that he’s defecting or about to defect. NNPP has an extended standing place that we have now choices.
“One of many choices might be what he referred to. The opposite possibility is to enter coalition with every other occasion that has the identical philosophy and goal that we have now and be part of them.
“The third possibility is for us to do it alone by ourselves. So, these choices are nonetheless on the desk. Nevertheless, to make clear what Kwankwaso stated in Kano, he solely defined one of many three choices.
“Kwankwaso solely stated that if the APC invitations his consideration, he’ll give them the eye on the situation that they provide a concrete assure that the pursuits of his occasion members might be taken care of as an alternative of simply him being talked to,” Ahmed stated.