A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has urged Nigerians to look beyond tribe and religion in the 2027 general elections.
Kwankwaso made the appeal during an interview with Trust TV on Sunday while speaking on the forthcoming elections.
The former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) said the North and Muslims could not succeed politically without Christians and the southern part of the country.
“We must look beyond tribe and religion. We are Northerners and Muslims, and everybody knows that, but we can’t play politics without Christians, Southeast, South-South or South-west,” he said.
Kwankwaso also commended former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing him as a popular politician across the country.
“If you look at it, Peter Obi is a very popular politician in the entire South and many parts of Northern Nigeria, and you cannot take that from him, the same with the Kwankwasiyya movement,” he said.
The former Kano State governor said supporters of the Kwankwasiyya movement were mostly young Nigerians seeking a better future.
“We are lucky that our supporters are mainly young men and women who are looking for a way out. They are not looking for their brothers or their sisters or somebody close,” he added.