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ADC accuses Kwankwaso of favouring Tinubu in Nigeria

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ADC accuses Kwankwaso of favouring Tinubu in Nigeria

The African Democratic Congress campaign council accused former Kano governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of serving President Bola Tinubu’s political interests. The party says his call for Atiku Abubakar to withdraw in favour of Peter Obi divides the opposition and could prepare the ground for his ambitions in 2031, according to its spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council, a Nigerian opposition party, accused Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, of serving President Bola Tinubu’s political interests. The accusation followed Kwankwaso’s call for former vice-president Atiku Abubakar to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race in favour of Peter Obi, Punch reported.

Kola Ologbondiyan, the ADC campaign council’s director of media and communications, made the accusation on Friday in a statement responding to an interview with Kwankwaso on Channels Television. He described the former governor’s intervention as self-serving and said it risked deepening divisions within the opposition.

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