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…NDC candidate warns governors’ numbers won’t guarantee victory
ABUJA — Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has warned political parties against relying on the number of governors they control as a guarantee of victory in the 2027 general election.
Kwankwaso, a former Kano State governor, spoke on Thursday at the NDC Town Hall Meeting in Rivers State, where he argued that several governors, particularly in the North, had performed poorly and might struggle to campaign for their parties ahead of the elections.
A video of the meeting was shared on X by a user, ChuksEricE.
The former governor said the outcome of previous elections had shown that an incumbent government could be defeated despite controlling a large number of states.
He cautioned those banking on the support of more than 30 governors against assuming that such control would automatically translate into electoral victory.
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