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The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has compared the Labour Party (LP) to a popular laxative, Andrews Liver Salt.
Kwankwaso made this comparison on Wednesday, while speaking at the Chatham House in London, the United Kingdom.
Kwankwaso, who spoke on the topic: “Nigeria’s 2023 elections: Service delivery and policy alternatives”, made the statement while responding to a question on whether he would consider stepping aside and working with the LP candidate, Peter Obi.
He said although he initially wanted to work with the Labour Party, he discovered that the Party was only under serious media hype.
Kwankwaso said: “The issue of Labour. You see, that is the problem we have. The gentleman that asked the question, I am sure is from a particular part of Nigeria, and belongs to a particular group.
“You have a party that is based on ethnicity and religion…, of course, that is the difference between the Labour Party and our party; which is a national party, the New Nigeria People’s Party.
“While we are accusing leaders of being one thing or the other negative, the followers must learn how to be Nigerians and not coming from one part of the country.
“Let me say that I was one of those that initially wanted to work with the Labour Party. Unfortunately, at that time, the Labour Party was under serious media hype and therefore, they could not see reason and are still not seeing reasons.
“Why say that I should withdraw? I wish you did not have to go to that extent. You would have said I should consider working with Labour Party or PDP or APC. People here don’t even know what is happening. I want to say that our party, the NNPP is the only growing party in Nigeria today.
“We have seen the maximum any party especially the Labour party can go. To us, it’s like Andrew’s liver salt. It came with a lot of hype; and now, it is coming down. Just take note of it. Our party, the NNPP, is the only party that is now getting the support.
“Forget about the big people who are actually the problem of our country. We have succeeded in locking down northern Nigeria today, in terms of votes and not working in the southern part of the country. The difference is that the North knows us more than the South.
The statement made by Kwankwaso concerning the Labour Party excited members of the NNPP, APC and PDP. In his reaction, the Director of Media and Publicity for the APC presidential campaign, Bayo Onanuga, said, “Kwankwaso has coined an apt metaphor for Peter Obi and his Labour Party: an Andrew Liver Salt, that rises and then collapses. This is the truth that will shock ‘Obidients’ on 25 February”.
Meanwhile, the supporters of the Labour Party and Obi did not back down in the defence of their party and candidate, as they took to social media to defend the Party’s presidential candidate.
