“In 2023 my daughter advised me to work with Peter Obi” – Kwankwaso
Former Kano State Governor and prominent opposition leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has revealed that his daughter advised him to form an alliance with Peter Obi ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
Kwankwaso said this during an exclusive interview with Charles Aniagolu of Arise Television on Monday, May 11.
The former governor said several Nigerian leaders remain stuck in their old ways and have failed to adapt to the rapidly evolving political landscape, particularly the growing influence of younger Nigerians.
He also explained that politics in Nigeria and across the world have become so dynamic especially with the growing interest among the younger generation.
“So many things have changed in this country, we have leaders, many of them do not even realise what is happening on social media.
“We have leaders who don’t have any contact with the young men and women; people of your age and my age, especially the age of Atiku are very few in this country – comparatively with the younger people,” Kwankwaso said.
He noted that, with social media and the new age of politics, leaders now have supporters spread across the world.
He further stated that while the older generation is focused on politics of religion and ethnicity, the younger ones are more open-minded and more interested in competence and good governance.
“The younger people have their own way of thinking. Even our children, you’ll be surprised, in the 2023 election, in my own house, my own daughter was telling me to go and work with Peter Obi.
“She didn’t even say she was Obidient, but she wanted me to work together with him. And vice versa, you’d be surprised that even in your own house or anybody’s house in the South, there may be Kwankwasiyya people there and you wouldn’t know.
“Maybe your watchman is Kwankwasiyya, maybe your houseboy, who cooks for you is a kwankwasiyya and unless he knows you’re interested, he will not tell you because he doesn’t want to offend you,” Kwankwaso stated.
