On Saturday, Demola Olarenwaju, Senior Political Assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, stated that erstwhile New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso cannot be “flirting with the opposition by day” and “romancing President Bola Tinubu by night.”
Olarenwaju said Kwankwaso and others like him should follow in the footsteps of Atiku, former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, and former Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, who founded the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Olarenwaju said on X that Kwankwaso should have cultivated the NNPP as Aminu Kano did with the PRP.
He wrote: “The likes of Kwankwaso and other tiptoeing ‘opposition’ leaders must show courage and make up their minds, as Atiku, El-Rufai, Amaechi, Aregbesola, Obi, and others did to form the ADC coalition.”
“Why is Fayose writing an exposé when he is flirting with the opposition during the day and wooing Tinubu at night?
“Kwankwaso could have nurtured NNPP from Kano State as his Second Republic mentor, Aminu Kano, did with PRP, even after Balarabe Musa was impeached and Abubakar Rimi resigned and defected to NPP.”
Olarenwaju further stated that Kwankwaso paved the way for Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf to defect from the NNPP to the All Progressives Congress.
“RMK’s decision to negotiate with the APC paved the way for Abba Yusuf to join.
“Anybody still going to Aso Rock to hold discussions with Tinubu at this point is only looking out for themselves and not the Nigerian people,” he claimed.