New Nigeria Peoples Party presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has described the Labour Party as one based on ethnicity and religion.
According to him, the NNPP is a national party, even as he gave reasons a merger did not work out between them.
Speaking at the Chatham House, London, on Wednesday, Kwankwaso said:
“On Labour Party, I was initially interested in working with them. But at that time, they were at peak of the media hype and we couldn’t reach a compromise. Our party (NNPP) is a national party, and we’re commanding the support of the masses.”
“If you have a party which is based on ethnicity and religion, that is the difference between the Labour party and our party, which is a national party, New Nigeria Peoples Party,” he said.
Meanwhile, Kwanwaso also urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to bequeath a legacy of a free election.
”My 30 years in elections have taught me that free and fair elections require the contributions of different stakeholders, especially the president, if the president wants a fair election, it will happen.
“I want to appeal to the Nigerian president to leave a legacy of free elections, as a serial victim of electoral fraud, and as the first beneficiary of free and fair elections in Nigeria,” he added.
