Coalition: El-Rufai started talking ‘too quickly’ – NNPP spokesman, Johnson

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Ladipo Johnson, the spokesperson for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has criticized Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, for speaking too quickly about the opposition coalition.

“It would have been better to finalize arrangements before revealing the coalition,” Johnson said.

Johnson made a suggestion on Tuesday’s Arise TV Morning Show that Rabiu Kwankwaso, the national leader of the NNPP, might be negotiating with the coalition as well as the All Progressives Congress.

According to Ladipo: “If I said that we are not talking to anyone that will be a lie, the whole problem we have now is because of El-Rufai who moved too quickly and started talking too quickly.

“All I’m saying is that when you have a sitting government and you think you want to take them on, there are certain things you have to leave to the last possible moment. When you come out to show your cards, it makes it easier for them to pick you out and stop you.

“The various groups and movements in this country are all talking with each other. I have people who talk to me in my own little way and I’m sure Kwankwaso will be considering all sorts.

“It will depend on other things because Kwankwaso is very aware of the situation in the country, and each time he moved, he moved to the opposition.”

Additionally, he maintained that Kwankwaso is a principled man and not concerned about stomach infrastructure.

The NNPP spokesperson added that Kwankwaso will be chosen by President Bola Tinubu instead of Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the APC.

He said, “He’s not about stomach infrastructure, he moved from the ruling PDP when they were disheartened to form the APC, and when the APC got into government, he moved out again.

“It’s about principles for him, whether you like him or not, he is a principled person. If you were in Tinubu’s shoes, would you take Kwankwaso to Ganduje? What does Ganduje bring to the table?”

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