Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has distanced himself from the Arewa Joint Committee interactive session with presidential candidates.
The presidential interactive session is organized by a number of organizations, including the Arewa Consultative Forum, Arewa House, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Northern Elders Forum, and Arewa Research and Development Project.
Kwankwaso explained in a letter signed by his campaign spokesperson, Abdulmumin Jibrin, and addressed to the joint session organizers that he had already planned campaign activities for the date and that his technical team is still working on his policy document, on which the engagement is based.
The former Kano state governor further alleged that his team is in possession of credible information that some people behind the engagement have been compromised, and the event will be used to “clandestinely endorse” another candidate from Northern Nigeria.
The statement read in part, “We have credible information in our possession that shows that some people have been compromised and these people have concluded plans to turn the event into an endorsement platform for a particular candidate.
“We believe that it’s very wrong for any group to clandestinely plan to endorse any candidate in the name of the North, especially when we have more than one candidate from our region.”