'You didn’t do enough to ensure credible elections' - Kwankwaso tells Buhari

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), in the just-ended presidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday, February 25, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the President did not do enough to provide for free, fair and credible polls.

He made the statement on Thursday, in Abuja at the first post-2023 election meeting of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC).

Kwankwaso, accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of manipulating the outcome of the general elections in some states, especially the presidential election.

He said: “We have four years to reposition the party to deliver positive change to Nigerians.

“We joined this party barely one year old, the performance we have seen, I believe we should all congratulate ourselves.

“We have done well and what is even more important is that almost everybody now believes that NNPP is party for the future.

“Immediately after this election, some people visited me to say that now we have seen the light and before 2027, they are going to join our party.

“The challenge of the time is very critical, because this is the first time in the history of this country where we have a party, especially after the establishment of the two parties across the country, that within the shortest possible time, had this kind of popularity based on the integrity and hardwork and commitment to this country.

“I believe it is time we congratulate ourselves and also tighten out seatbelt to go back to our constituencies and work much harder.

“I also believe that now that we have more years to strategize and push forward the party so that more people are accommodated as members and leadership at various levels of the party at the states, and even in terms of number and quality so that Nigerians can have an opportunity to have a positive change that our party, the NNPP stands for in this country.”