A public affairs analyst, Mahmud Jega, says former presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabi’u Kwankwaso has made a very big concession in Nigerian politics.
Jega said this on Monday when he featured in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television.
According to him, for Kwankwaso to agree to support the zoning of the presidential ticket to the South in his party, the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, was a very big decision.
Jega added that a politician like Kwankwaso with so much support in a key and volatile state like Kano, must be looking over his shoulders.
“You had a very interesting interview with him, and raised many very important issues in the national politics today. He must be looking over his shoulders.
“Normally, the impression people have of him is an aggressive, very active, tough fellow, but today he was extremely calm and indeed considerate.
“As he kept saying about the youth and social media, are they likely to follow? Because what is the use of pulling forward if the followers are not following?
“But he has a very solid structure, and he must have consulted very well, and he must have gotten an indication that most of his supporters are likely to go ahead. So, it’s like we are pushing towards an Obi- Kwankwaso ticket,” Jega said.