Why Atiku visited Kwankwaso, Deji Adeyanju links to belief in rerun

Social activist, Deji Adeyanju, said Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, visited Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, his counterpart in the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in his home because he has been made to believe that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will cancel the election and order a rerun between him and President Bola Tinubu.

According to Adeyanju, Atiku is being deceived into believing the tribunal will declare a rerun election.

Atiku Abubakar of the PDP paid a “fraternal visit” to his counterpart in NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who made this known on his verified handle on X, formerly known as Twitter, said he received Atiku at his Abuja residence on Tuesday evening.

The meeting between Kwankwaso, an ex-governor of Kano State; and Atiku, a former Vice President; occurred amid the presidential tribunal sitting in Abuja.

Atiku and his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; are currently challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in this year’s poll.

However, Deji Adeyanju has reasoned that Atiku visited Kwankwaso because of possible:

@adeyanjudeji/Deji Adeyanju Source: UGC Atiku visited Kwankwaso because he believes there will be a rerun between him and Tinubu.

Adeyanju said Atiku visited Kwankwaso because he has been told that the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal (PEPT) will declare for a rerun between him and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC).

He stated this via his Twitter page @adeyanjudeji on Wednesday, August 16 “That visit of Atiku to Kwankwaso was because some people are deceiving him that the court will declare for a rerun between him and Tinubu”

Meanwhile, Sam Amadi, former appointee of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has predicted what will happen if the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal disqualifies President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Amadi said should the tribunal confirm the victory of President Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election, heaven will not fall.

“The judgment will be very clear to all”:

However, Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has predicted the outcome of the ongoing presidential election tribunal.

The prediction is in the 2023/2024 edition of his annual prophecy book ‘Warnings To The Nations’, launched on Saturday, July 1, at his Lagos church.

But Adeyanju disclosed that the presidential election petition tribunal would be surprised if the panel did not disqualify Obi because of the disparities over his nomination as stipulated in the Electoral Act of 2022 as amended.

The meeting between Kwankwaso, an ex-governor of Kano State; and Atiku, a former Vice President; occurred amid the presidential tribunal sitting in Abuja.

Atiku and his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; are currently challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in this year’s poll.

The visit between Atiku and Kwankwaso is understandable, coming days after the Senate confirmed Tinubu’s 45 ministerial nominees, now minister designates.

Many had thought that Kwankwaso would make Tinubu’s ministerial list like ex-governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, who is also a member of another opposition party, the PDP, and Atiku’s political rival.

However, whilst Wike was included in the list, Kwankwaso’s name was not on the list, sparking controversy on the relationship between Tinubu and the NNPP chieftain.

Kwankwaso had visited the President a few times at the Villa since his assumption of office on May 29, 2023 but a rift between the NNPP stalwart; and now APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, could have affected Kwankwaso’s relationship with Tinubu.

Interestingly, Ganduje was Kwankwaso’s deputy when the latter was governor from 2011 May to May 2015 before they fell apart after the 2015 elections which saw the emergence of Ganduje as governor till May 2023. Before then, Kwankwaso was also Kano’s governor from 1999 to 2003.

In the March 18, 2023 governorship poll, Kwankwaso’s man, Yusuf Kabir, trounced Ganduje’s Nasir Gawuna to emerge the new governor of Kano.

In the February 25 presidential poll, Kwankwaso finished fourth, claiming victory in his state — Kano. He secured 1,496,687 votes.

Atiku, who has now run for president six times, got 6,984,520 votes, while Obi scored 6,101,533.

Tinubu, who was declared the winner of poll, scored 8,794,726 out of the 24,025,940 total votes cast.

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