A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has dismissed speculations that the party’s former presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, will defect to either the All Progressives Congress (APC) or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting they will remain in the NNPP until the “whistle is blown for politics.”
Galadima revealed that despite intense wooing by the APC, PDP, and even opposition coalitions, Kwankwaso has chosen to remain “strategic and steadfast” in the NNPP.
Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Friday, Galadima declared Kwankwaso as the most capable leader Nigeria needs, saying:
“Rabiu Kwankwaso is the only politician this country ought to follow. He’s strategic—while others are spending money on campaigns, people are promoting him for free, calling him capable, experienced, and the best choice for Nigeria.”
He challenged other parties to support Kwankwaso’s presidential ambition if they truly believe in his leadership, rather than trying to recruit him.
“Why don’t they back him to become president so he can deliver democracy’s dividends? Instead, the PDP, APC, and coalitions keep courting him, but he’s staying put,” Galadima stated.
The NNPP stalwart affirmed that the party remains legally recognized and will maintain its position until the political season fully kicks off.
“We’ll stay in NNPP strategically until the right time,” he said, reinforcing Kwankwaso’s stance as a leader in waiting.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
