Dr. Okupe, who is the Campaign Manager of the Labour Party presidential candidate has announced that the Obi, Kwankwaso merger talks collapsed long ago.

According to Dr. Okupe, who is the acting running mate to the LP presidential candidate and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, said the plan collapsed about four weeks ago.

The LP had planned an alliance with the NNPP, with Obi and the latter’s presidential candidate, Senator  Kwankwaso, being on the same ticket.

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Speaking on Politics, a current affairs program on Channels Television, Dr. Okupe on Tuesday night, disclosed that the Obi, Kwankwaso merger talks collapsed long ago when the LP side queried the emergence of another Muslim northerner succeeding the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), a Muslim from the North.

The consideration of Senator Ditti Baba-Ahmed as the vice-presidential candidate of the LP, Okupe said, “He is being considered, others are being considered. These things will be decided this week. He is being considered along with other people whom we have engaged and we have talked with.

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“The emphasis here is this, we are looking for a young, vibrant politician of northern extraction with a measure of intellect, sound background, pedigree, and education. That is what we are looking at.”

On the alliance between LP and NNPP, with the rating of Kwankwaso as senior to Obi to be the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respectively, Okupe asked how seniority is measured in politics.

Okupe also took a swipe at Kwankwaso for claiming that the northern electorate would not vote for a presidential candidate from the South East.