Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso<\/strong>, is currently holding talks with leading opposition figures ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n Speaking to Leadership, a\u00a0highly placed source within Kwankwaso\u2019s inner circle disclosed that the former Kano State Governor has been engaging key opposition leaders in an effort to build a united political front against the ruling party.<\/p>\n According to the source, Kwankwaso has been in discussions with Labour Party\u2019s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, former Minister of Transportation Chibuike Amaechi, and leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak publicly, said the engagements are part of broader consultations aimed at forging a formidable opposition coalition.<\/p>\n \u201cKwankwaso is a politician. He is talking to all the groups. I know he is talking to ADC people, he is talking to Obi, he is talking to Amaechi. He is talking to the PDP<\/em>,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n The source added that Kwankwaso is also in contact with leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)<\/strong> and other opposition figures, noting that discussions are ongoing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are discussing with a view to bring all the opposition together<\/em>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The source further claimed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is playing a role in the emerging opposition movement, alongside other prominent Nigerians who are dissatisfied with the current administration.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not only Obasanjo. All Nigerian leaders are unanimous about a change in government. Everybody believes that the current administration is not doing well<\/em>,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n He explained that Obasanjo\u2019s name often comes up because of his willingness to speak openly on national issues.<\/p>\n \u201cThe reason Obasanjo is mentioned is because he is the only one that is outspoken<\/em>,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is currently holding talks with leading opposition figures ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking to Leadership, a\u00a0highly placed source within Kwankwaso\u2019s inner circle disclosed that the former Kano State Governor has been engaging key opposition leaders in an effort to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":239790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[231,595,251,274,2551,313],"class_list":["post-239789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-adc","tag-olusegun-obasanjo","tag-pdp","tag-peter-obi","tag-rabiu-musa-kwankwaso","tag-rotimi-amaechi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rabiu-Kwankwaso-and-Peter-Obi-smiling.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}