Former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi; and national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso may lead regional parties ahead of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the APC, according to The PUNCH.
This however depends on the outcome of the primaries that would hold this weekend. Meanwhile, there are speculations that Peter Obi will join the NNPP but has not joined yet.
In reaction to the speculations that Obi had joined the NNPP after dumping the PDP, a source close to Kwankwaso, said, “It is not official, but that rumor is going on. I’m not sure if he (Obi) has reached out to us. You know his resignation was just today (Wednesday). But I know they have been discussing it with Kwankwaso even before now.
“What might happen is that the politics of 2023 might turn to regional politics. The NNPP is already strong in the North. There is a possibility that Ike Ekweremadu, Enyinnaya Abaribe and Peter Obi might form an alliance under another party in the South East.
“If Asiwaju Bola Tinubu doesn’t get the APC ticket, he might also go back to South-West with the Social Democratic Party. So, these three parties might become the big parties representing the regions in 2023.”
