The camps of the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, have dismissed reports of a power struggle among supporters over the composition of the party’s proposed 2027 presidential campaign council.
The denial came amid claims that party chieftains and loyalists from the two camps were jostling for influential positions in the campaign council ahead of the August 19 commencement of presidential and National Assembly campaigns.
Sources within the camp of the two politicians confirmed the development to The PUNCH in separate interviews.
“There is a growing tension on both sides following consultations by the party leadership and the presidential candidate on the choice of membership to constitute the council,” one of the sources told our correspondent.
However, the spokesman for the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Habibu Muhammed, described the reported infighting as speculation.
