{"id":2953,"date":"2026-07-22T11:14:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:14:06","slug":"ganduje-rejects-obi-kwankwaso-says-their-2027-ambition-lacks-strong-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/07\/22\/ganduje-rejects-obi-kwankwaso-says-their-2027-ambition-lacks-strong-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganduje Rejects Obi, Kwankwaso, Says Their 2027 Ambition Lacks Strong Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2954\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FB_IMG_1784718646185-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FB_IMG_1784718646185-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FB_IMG_1784718646185.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has criticised the chances of a possible Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 election, saying the duo lack the political records and legacies required to win.<\/p>\n<p>Ganduje stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, where he described the proposed alliance as unlikely to succeed, especially in Kano State.<\/p>\n<p>The former Kano State governor said Obi, who previously governed Anambra State, had not built enough governance achievements to convince Nigerians of his capacity to lead the country.<\/p>\n<p>He questioned Obi\u2019s performance while in office, asking what major legacy the former governor left behind that would position him for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Ganduje also faulted Kwankwaso\u2019s political record, noting that the former Kano governor was unable to secure a second consecutive term in office, unlike some of his predecessors.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned former Kano governors Ibrahim Shekarau and himself as leaders who served two straight terms, arguing that Kwankwaso\u2019s record did not match theirs.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ganduje, the proposed Obi-Kwankwaso ticket would struggle to gain acceptance among voters, insisting that it would not make significant impact in the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has criticised the chances of a possible Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 election, saying the duo lack the political records and legacies required to win. Ganduje stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, where he described [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}