The Digest:
Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, and former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso have formally joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). The two former governors were presented with membership cards by NDC National Chairman Cleopas Moses Zuwoghe at the party's national secretariat in Abuja on Sunday. Kwankwaso said after the event that both men realised their ideologies and beliefs align with those of the NDC. Their formal joining follows Obi's exit from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) earlier on Sunday and Kwankwaso's confirmation of "wide-ranging consultations" with the NDC.
Key Points:
- The 'OK ticket' for 2027 is now officially under the NDC platform.
- The NDC gains two major opposition figures in a single day.
- Obi and Kwankwaso have left their previous parties to unite under one banner.
- Kwankwaso urged Nigerians to register with the NDC ahead of the deadline.
- The opposition coalition against Tinubu's APC takes a clearer shape.
Watch how the APC and other opposition parties react to the formalisation of the Obi-Kwankwaso alliance under the NDC.
Sources: The Cable
