A former member of the House of Representatives and key associate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP)’s presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said the South East would benefit immensely from an alliance between the NNPP and Labour Party (LP) ahead of 2023 elections.
Mr. Peter Obi, the LP president candidate is from the South East.
In an interview with the Channel Television, Jibrin said the South East’s lingering clamour to have a shot at the presidency can only be realise if Obi rally the Igbo people behind Kwankwaso in 2023.
He said the alliance would return power to the South East after the Kwankwaso presidency.
He said, “The south-east has been extremely treated badly by the APC and the PDP. For anyone in the south-east, they should be able to see that they don’t have a future in the APC or in the PDP.
“As members of the Labour Party, they should see that the party as it is today cannot propel Peter Obi to the presidency. The only opportunity that they have and which we are offering them is to come [and] do an alliance with NNPP.
“The hope it gives to the south-east, which is a tentative hope, is that since the era of Vice-President [Alex] Ekweme, the south-east has never been on the table to discuss the presidency, in real term.
“This is the first time they will sit on the table with the NNPP to discuss, sign a concrete agreement that after Kwankwaso, it’s going to be the south-eastern part of the country.
“The fact is that — does Labour Party have a state? No, they don’t even have. I’m speaking from my own point of view that one of the safest routes for them is to go into alliance with NNPP, for Peter Obi to run as a running mate and after that, the power can go back to the south east.”
