Kwankwaso emerges as NNPP presidential candidate

The former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has been announced as the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party(NNPP).

Mr Kwankwaso emergence as the presidential candidate of the party was announced during the special convention of the party which took place in Abuna on Thursday.

The former governor who is also an ex-senator had defected to the NNPP from the Peoples Democratic Party when he lost control of the party in Ka

His son-in-law, Abba Kabir Yusuf, is also the Kano gubernatorial candidate of the party.

Mr Kwankwaso will compete with the likes of Bola Tinubu, flag bearer of the APC; Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the PDP; Peter Obi of the Labour Party, among others in the 2023 presidential election.