2027: Obasanjo Steps In, Plots Obi-Kwankaso Alliance

A report has indicated that former president Olusegun Obasanjo is spearheading efforts to bring former presidential candidates Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso together for a joint presidential ticket.

According to Daily Trust, Obasanjo believes that a joint ticket involving the duo would create a better chance of defeating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.

Obi and Kwankwaso are expected to challenge former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for the presidential ticket of the coalition-led African Democratic Congress (ADC), amid renewed efforts to unify the opposition.

Multiple sources who spoke to the aforementioned publication said Obasanjo has been able to tentatively persuade Kwankwaso to accept being Obi’s running mate.

Kwankwaso went to Abeokuta to meet Baba Obasanjo last week, and Baba told him to join the ADC and accept to be Obi’s vice. This is similar to what General Ibrahim Babangida told him weeks earlier, although IBB did not go as far as discussing the vice-presidential slot. He only advised him to join the ADC,” one of the sources said. (Native Reporters)