The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Labour Party (LP) has denied any alliance talks with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The NNPP specifically asked Atiku to step down for Kwankwaso who is younger and has fresh ideas.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday at the NNPP national headquarters, the party’s national chairman, Prof Rufai Ahmed Alkali, said their members are worried over Atiku’s statement insisting that they are not in alliance talk with the PDP.
“We are not in talk with Atiku. He should know that there are other people who have the right to be president and Kwankwaso has done a lot for Nigerians and Nigeria. Kwankwaso is a forerunner in the contest. “The idea of the northern agenda is not true. The election of 2023 is different.
Some leaders whose agenda is to work for some candidate, want a northern candidate. We kept quiet when Atiku said he was the Northern candidate. They talk about a government of national unity.
“Nobody is talking about that when it is convenient but we have no talk with Atiku and we are not planning an alliance with Atiku. He should respect his age and he can’t force anyone to endorse him,” Alkali said.
The Labour Party (LP) also denied having talks with Atiku.
Speaking to LEADERSHIP, the spokesman of the Labour Party campaign council, Dr Yunusa Tanko said “There is nothing like that.”
He added, “We are concentrating on our campaigns. Our presidential candidate Peter Obi was in Sokoto, Kano, Adamawa and other states. We have the support of the people. We are not in talk with PDP, we are not in talk with Atiku. We will win this election.
not in any discussion and alliance,” Tanko added.
