Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has dismissed the presidential ticket of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, declaring that the alliance will fail in Kano State and has no chance of winning the 2027 presidential election.
Speaking with journalists on Tuesday, Ganduje described the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) ticket as “dead on arrival,” arguing that neither Obi nor Kwankwaso possesses the political record or governance credentials to convince Nigerians to entrust them with the country’s leadership.
“I don’t think Peter Obi and Kwankwaso’s ticket will succeed in Kano. It will not succeed. In fact, it is dead on arrival,” Ganduje said.
The former Kano State governor questioned Obi’s performance during his tenure as governor of Anambra State, saying the former Labour Party presidential candidate failed to leave behind a legacy that would justify his ambition to become Nigeria’s president.
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“Peter Obi was a governor in the South East geopolitical zone, a governor in Anambra State. What did he do as a governor? What legacy did he leave as a governor?
“And from that, what other responsibility in governance did he hold that he made a mark to the extent that we believe he will be able to manage this country effectively and efficiently?” he asked.
Ganduje also turned his criticism on his longtime political rival, Rabiu Kwankwaso, questioning the former Kano governor’s political achievements and popularity in the state.
According to him, Kwankwaso’s inability to secure two consecutive terms as governor reflects his limited political appeal.
“Kwankwaso too, he was a governor of Kano State. He was not able to be a governor back to back.
“So far, the two other governors in Kano were able to win elections back to back. Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau was able to spend eight years straight. Myself, I was able to spend eight years straight.
“But he was not able, after the first term, to make it until after eight years before he came back,” Ganduje said.
He argued that Kwankwaso had not left a legacy capable of persuading Kano voters, or Nigerians generally, that he would make a successful vice president.
“So I don’t think, even in Kano, what legacy specifically can you say that he has left in Kano that will convince the people of Kano, will convince the people of Nigeria that he will be a successful vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria? I think that, as I earlier said, it is dead on arrival,” he added.
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Obi and Kwankwaso, who were initially among the leading figures in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), recently defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), where they emerged as the party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2027 election.
The alliance has attracted national attention following the announcement that Obi would serve only a single four year term if elected, under a power sharing arrangement that would see the presidency rotate back to the North in 2031.
While the NDC has described the Obi-Kwankwaso ticket as a national unity platform capable of challenging the ruling APC, Ganduje’s remarks underscore the fierce political battle already shaping up ahead of the 2027 general election, particularly in Kano, one of Nigeria’s biggest voting blocs.
