NNPP Presidential Candidate Kwankwaso Received by unprecedented Crowd in Kaduna
Ahead of 2023 general election political actors are moving from place to another to secure support before the commencement of the poll in February next year.
One of such politicians is a former Governor of Kano State, former Minister and Senator and now a New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso who was received in Kaduna State thousands of supporters.
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Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was in Kaduna joined Muslim faithful celebrate the posthumous birthday of Prophet Muhammed (SAW) which holds annually and every October 10.
The crowd which gathered at the Ranchers Bees Stadium, turned political and was attended by a massive supporters of Kwankwaso who decked the signature red cap of his supporters.
Analysts have been dismissing Kwankwaso’s presidential bid, saying his support base does not extend beyond Kano State.
The rallies he has held in Nasarawa, Borno and now Kaduna have demonstrated that he is not a pushover in the presidential race.
The 2023 presidential election is believed to be a three horse race between the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party (LP) standard bearer, Peter Obi. Analysts say Kwankwaso will eat from the votes of the APC and PDP candidates, thereby improving the chances of Obi in the North.
Global Times Nigeria report that the former Governor is widely seen as new man who will come to change the narrative from old order to a most clamoured system.