NNPP to Contest 2027 Polls in ADC Alliance

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has announced that it will form an alliance with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 presidential election, despite the defection of its 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to the ADC.

NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, made the disclosure on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.

Johnson stated that while the party will coordinate with the ADC at the presidential level, it will continue fielding candidates in other national and local elections.

“The NNPP will continue to contest elections. Although at that level, we will be in alignment with the ADC towards the presidential elections and maybe some of the national elections, but we are going to have candidates down the ballot,” Johnson said.

I’ll Join Party Offering Presidential, VP ticket - Kwankwaso — 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Credit: Daily Post

He also said Kwankwaso, a former two-term governor of Kano State, will officially register as an ADC member in Kano State on Monday.

“There were a lot of discussions going on. Finally, some of the opposition leaders have come together and decided that it will best serve their purposes and that of Nigerians for them to come together under one platform to offer themselves as an alternative towards 2027,” he stated.

“He resigned from the New Nigeria Peoples Party and will cross over to the ADC today in Kano State.”

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