The presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has advised elder statesmen against endorsing candidates ahead of the February 25 presidential election.
He said this while reacting to the endorsement of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark.
Speaking in Benin, Edo State on Wednesday, Kwankwaso said elder statesmen should stop disgracing themselves.
“I want to advise our leaders: they should stop disgracing themselves. We have so much respect for them. If you say you don’t like me, no problem,” the former Kano governor said.
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According to him, the endorsements were based on religious and ethnic sentiments.
He said that the electorates have got wiser and could not be fooled.
He added, “Some of the people supporting and endorsing Mr A or Mr B, I think it is a big mistake. These are leaders I respect. There is a time in your life when you become real statesman, not a politician.
“I can tell you also that any candidate or party that comes out with the face of ethnicity or the issue of religion, that party, that candidate, I can assure you, has failed that election before it starts.”