Rabiu Kwankwaso and Rauf Aregbesola met in Lagos to discuss political strategies ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Saturday met in Lagos, to “strategise” ahead of the 2027 general election.
This is just as the National Chairman of the NNPP, Agbo Major, has stated that the faction of the party led by Kwankwaso remains expelled from the party. However, details of what the two men discussed at the meeting held at Aregbesola’s Lagos residence could not be immediately ascertained.
THISDAY gathered that the two leaders ‘held a marathon meeting in Lagos where they strategised on the 2027 election,” a party source told an online news platform.
The development comes days after Omoluabi Progressives, Aregbesola’s political group, left the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The spokesperson of the group, Abosede Oluwaseun, had said members resolved to quit APC because of “ostracisation from the party, suspension and expulsion of leaders without fair hearing, and continuous denigration of the structure”.
Days later, the APC in Osun expelled Aregbesola over alleged anti-party activities.
Aregbesola, who was the governor of Osun from 2010 to 2018 on the platform of the APC, also served as a minister during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari between 2015 and 2023.
Ahead of the 2027 general election, discussions about forming a coalition to challenge the APC have been gaining momentum.
Also, politicians across opposition parties have been holding “strategic meetings”.
In November, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar hosted Peter Obi, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), to a breakfast meeting at his residence in Adamawa State.
In January, Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, Hamza Al-Mustapha, the ex-aide to the late Sani Abacha, and other politicians met in Abuja.
The meeting was convened by the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PDP), Shehu Gabam.
Kwankwaso, who was a two-time governor of Kano State, was also the presidential candidate of the NNPP in the 2023 elections.
On Friday, the National Chairman of Kwankwaso’s faction of NNPP, Ajuji Ahmed, said while the party is not currently in coalition talks, it is not ruling out the possibility.
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