As the countdown to the 2027 general elections begins, former Kano State Governor and presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, alongside his New Nigeria People\u2019s Party (NNPP), is actively weighing strategic political options.<\/p>\n
Reliable sources within the party disclosed that the Kwankwasiyya movement is considering aligning with either the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or a potential coalition being spearheaded by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai, and other key opposition figures.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhat I can confirm is that Kwankwaso and the NNPP will not be going solo in 2027 as they did in the last election,\u201d the source revealed. \u201cThey are seriously exploring the prospects of either joining forces with Tinubu\u2019s APC or partnering with the Atiku-led opposition bloc.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n NNPP\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, confirmed that these political realignments are indeed under consideration. <\/span><\/p>\n He stated, \u201cIn the NNPP, particularly as a movement rooted in Kwankwasiyya, we traditionally hold off on major decisions until the midterm. That\u2019s May 29th\u2014two years into the current administration, two years left to go. That\u2019s when real politicking begins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Johnson acknowledged ongoing political consultations but declined to name the groups involved. \u201cWe\u2019ve been talking, yes. But I won\u2019t name names just yet.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s been plenty of speculation\u2014some say Senator Kwankwaso is on the verge of joining the APC. That\u2019s just part of the political game. People float those narratives for their own reasons,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n He added that the party is evaluating three key paths ahead: \u201cEither we stay in the NNPP and consolidate with our existing allies, form a coalition with Atiku and others, or enter an alliance with the ruling APC. Those are the cards on the table, but nothing is decided yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A formal announcement is expected once internal consultations conclude and midterm politicking officially begins.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the countdown to the 2027 general elections begins, former Kano State Governor and presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, alongside his New Nigeria People\u2019s Party (NNPP), is actively weighing strategic political options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9482,111,125,1405,4330,10655,193],"class_list":["post-23629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-9482","tag-apc","tag-atiku","tag-kwankwaso","tag-nnpp","tag-political-game","tag-tinubu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23631,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23629\/revisions\/23631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}