Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Wednesday, held a closed-door meeting with Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan.
The meeting, officially described as a courtesy visit, came amid mounting speculation over political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Kwankwaso, the NNPP’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections and a former governor of Kano State, was accompanied by the party’s National Chairman, Dr Ajuji Ahmed; National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson; and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Buba Galadima, alongside other senior officials.
The NNPP delegation was in Oyo State to inaugurate the party’s state office and deliberate on internal party matters.
However, the engagement with Makinde, a second-term governor under the Peoples Democratic Party, drew attention given the differing political platforms of the two leaders.
The session, which lasted about two hours, was held away from the media.
Journalists were not allowed into the meeting, and no official communiqué was issued as at press time.
After the meeting, Kwankwaso dismissed insinuations that the visit was aimed at cementing a cross-party alliance.
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He said: “This visit is more about personal friendship than party politics.
“Governor Makinde and I have known each other for a long time.
“Before proceeding to our party engagement in the state,
“I felt it was proper to pay him a courtesy call.”
Kwankwaso also reflected on his political trajectory, recalling that he was among the founding members of the PDP in 1998 and was elected Governor of Kano State in 1999 on the party’s platform.
He later served as Minister of Defence under a PDP administration and returned as governor in 2011 under the same platform before defecting to the All Progressives Congress and subsequently emerging as National Leader of the NNPP.
Despite the public remarks, neither Kwankwaso nor Makinde disclosed details of their private deliberations.
The NNPP delegation was expected to proceed to the inauguration of the party’s state office in Oyo State. [Eagle Online, excluding rejigged headline]
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