Kwankwaso has a much longer, more distinguished political résumé than Peter Obi, says Buhari’s former aide

Bashir Ahmad, a former media aide to late Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, said Rabiu Kwankwaso has a longer and more distinguished political résumé than Peter Obi, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate. In a post on X, Ahmad described the two men as political peers rather than a principal and subordinate, calling Kwankwaso’s decision to run as Obi’s running mate a sign of political humility. He noted that Kwankwaso was Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives before Obi entered national politics, and later served two terms as Kano State governor and as a federal minister. Ahmad contrasted that record with Obi’s former leadership of Anambra State.