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The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has accused the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, of allegedly ‘snatching’ 69 forms for various political offices in Kano, thereby creating chaos and uncertainty for the party.
Speaking at a press briefing at the NUJ Press Centre, Kano, the PRP State Chairman, Abdulkadir Musa Guza, said, “I was in Kaduna as State Chairman of PRP to participate at the party retreat and also obtained forms for my people who were contesting various offices in Kano and who paid for them but I was told that somebody had purchased all the forms”.
Musa Guza added, “When I pressed hard to know who the person was, the national secretary of our party told me that it was Kwankwaso and I asked why, they said we are in talks with him for his possible defections to our party”.
According to him, after days without any sign of Kwankwaso defecting to the PRP, it became apparent that he may have been engaged in a mischievous mission against the party, as one cannot belong to another party while holding another party’s forms.
The party chairman further alleged, “We don’t know his missions, that is why we are telling every listening ears the situation”.
The PRP leader expressed concern that hundreds of aspirants seeking to contest under the party are now left in confusion, uncertain about their political fate.
“That is why we are taking legal actions against him should he refuse to surrender our forms before INEC closes time for submission of contestants’ names to their office,” he said.
“It is not only our party that is suffering this negative fate. Other parties are facing the same problems as us”, he added.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election.
The Returning Officer for the Ekiti State governorship election, Adenike Oladiji, made the declaration on Sunday, saying that Oyebanji polled 319,224 votes.
According to Oladiji, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Oluwole Oluyede, scored 40,543 votes, while Dare Bejide of the African Democratic Party, ADP, polled 12,872 votes.
She said a total of 384,940 voters were accredited for the election, with 375,777 valid votes, 6,332 rejected votes, and total votes cast.
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has exempted its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and vice-presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, from the party’s newly introduced anti-defection oath aimed at discouraging elected officials from abandoning the platform after winning elections.
The National Secretary of the party, Ikenna Enekweizu, disclosed this on Wednesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he defended the policy against criticisms that it violates constitutional provisions.
According to Enekweizu, the requirement for candidates to sign an oath of loyalty is backed by the party’s constitution and is intended to safeguard the NDC from the wave of defections that have weakened several political parties in recent years.
