Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has reportedly settled on the Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 election.
Akin Osuntokun, a former political adviser to ex-President made the disclosure during an interview on ARISE News, where he stated that Obasanjo played a key role in bringing the two opposition figures together under the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) platform.
He said the former president was not working behind the scenes for President Bola Tinubu’s possible second-term bid, adding that such claims did not match Obasanjo’s recent political activities.
“If you can say that Obasanjo is supporting any ticket, it is the Peter Obi–Kwankwaso ticket. As a matter of fact, he is the principal sponsor of that ticket. So how do you then suggest that he is secretly working for Tinubu? It does not make sense to me. I think that claim is absolute bunkum. Obasanjo is playing a major role in supporting the Obi-Kwankwaso ticket. He was the one who brought the two men together.
“He brokered the ticket between Obi and Kwankwaso. Both of them are quite close to him. It is a ticket that makes sense and has the potential to make an impact in the 2027 election.
“Kwankwaso could have teamed up with Obi four years ago. I remember him saying that if they had agreed then, they would probably have had an arrangement in which they would each spend one term in office.
“Obi and Kwankwaso is a much more realistic, more compelling ticket than the 2023 one. If you have somebody like Kwankwaso, somebody who makes a kind of state politics, that is a big bonus for the Obi-Kwankwaso ticket.”
