Peter Obi will drop Kwankwaso like hot potato — Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to South Africa, has cautioned former Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso against trusting the single-term proposal linked to Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate.

According to report, the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) decided during its national convention to zone its presidential ticket to the South for only one term of four years.

This move, which created an opening for Obi to run on a single-tenure basis, reportedly received strong support from Kwankwaso.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Fani-Kayode questioned whether Kwankwaso who is being considered as Obi’s potential running mate truly believes in the one-term arrangement, describing Obi as untrustworthy.

He alleged that Obi, a former Anambra State governor, has “betrayed every single leader he has had since 1999 and abandoned every single one of the 5 political parties whose platform he has used or attempted to use to run for one office or the other over the last 27 years”.

Although he said he once admired Kwankwaso and regarded him as “being an intelligent man,” Fani-Kayode expressed confusion over his recent actions.

“Peter will dribble him like a yoyo and then drop him like a hot potato like he has with everyone else he has worked and run with.

“If a man like that ever gets power be rest assured that he will NEVER leave it let alone do so after 4 years.

“Thank God NDC has no hope of winning and that Peter will be roundly defeated by PBAT in a few months time.

“His attempt to divide the votes of the South and deny our President and the SW of having 8 straight years in power shall fail”, he said.