Coordinator of the New Afenifere, Ajibade Adeyeye, said that his group chose to identify with the NNPP because of Kwankwaso’s track records.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has met with the leadership of the New Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-political group, ahead of the 2023 elections.
Kwankwaso met the breakaway group in Lagos in the company of his running mate, Isaac Idahosa, NNPP’s founder and BOT vlchairman, Boniface Aniebonam among others.
The dynamics of the 2023 presidential election has thrown Afenifere into crisis.
Speaking at the meeting with the New Afenifere, Kwankwaso promised to run an inclusive governance that would positively touch every part of the country.
The former two-term governor of Kano State, pledged that his party would salvage the country from all challenges and put it on the track of more progress.
“Let me on behalf of the members of our party thank the leadership of the New Afenifere, for finding us worthy of this endorsement.
“I am not surprised that these young men have decided to endorse us because even in Kano, North west and the south, we have young men and women who are supporting this cause.
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“I believe NNPP is for the young people, world and everybody. So, I want to thank you for the foresight and for doing the right thing.
“I want to assure you that our party will carry each and everyone of you along at national, zone, state and even at grassroots levels,” he said.
Kwankwaso said the challenges facing the country had to do with the kind of leadership the country had got since the return of democratic rule in 1999.
According to him, the nation needs fresh ideas, new thinking to change the status quo for citizens to enjoy dividends of democracy.
Coordinator of the New Afenifere, Ajibade Adeyeye, said that his group had chosen to identify with the NNPP because of Kwankwaso’s track records.
“We have called on our elder statesmen not to impose on us anymore but allow us to choose our preferred presidential candidate because we believe we are old enough to make decisions for ourselves and for our future.
“So, on behalf of the New Afenifere, we have decided to forge ahead and endorse Kwankwaso, together with his running mate, Bishop Isaac Idahosa.
“I beseech all Yoruba race, all Afenifere lovers, all those who desire good governance, who truly want true democracy to continue to exist in Nigeria, to join hands together with us,” he said.