With little or no realistic path to power in 2023, many had expected Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), having failed to agree to a merger with Peter Obi of Labour Party, to eventually agree to a deal to back either of Atiku Abubakar or Bola Tinubu, his counterparts in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), respectively.
But the former Kano governor has opted to finish the race, and while his chances remain very slim, he may well ensure that no clear winner emerges in the first ballot at the February election.
