Rabiu Kwankwaso’s 2023 Error Taints His Defection To ADC As “Medicine After Death,” Says Progress Okuk, Social Educator And Business Woman

<h4>Rabiu Kwankwaso’s 2023 Error Taints His Defection To ADC As &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Medicine After Death&comma;”<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a business woman and social media educator&comma; Progress Okuk&comma; has described Engineer Rabiu Kwankwaso’s defection to the African Democratic Congress&comma; ADC as grave error which would translate to nothing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Technically&comma; the Oron&comma; Akwa Ibom State born but Abuja based fashion specialist sees Kwankwaso’s defection as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Medicine After Death&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;At the weekend&comma; the former Kano State governor had announced that he visited ADC chieftain and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at his Abuja residence where &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We had a productive discussion aimed at forging a common front to reposition our dear nation on the right trajectory&comma;” <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Kwankwaso<&sol;a> disclosed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This disclosure was variously interpreted in the political space as the final statement on his defection to the opposition ADC ahead 2027 general election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; a critical segment of the views by political surveyors implies that Kwankwaso has former President Obasanjo&&num;8217&semi;s backing to be on the ballot for the 2027 presidential election on an Obi-Kwankwaso ticket in the ADC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;34949" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-34949" style&equals;"width&colon; 280px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-34949" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;03&sol;WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-29-at-01&period;00&period;14-280x300&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Rabiu Kwankwaso’s 2023 Error Taints His Defection To ADC As &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Medicine After Death&comma;” Says Progress Okuk&comma; Social Educator And Business Woman" width&equals;"280" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-34949" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Rabiu Kwankwaso’s statement announcing his visit to Atiku<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>According to the views&comma; this prompted Kwankwaso to conclude all consultations to dump his New Nigeria People&&num;8217&semi;s Party&comma; NNPP and join the opposition ADC ahead of its presidential primary&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reacting&comma; Progress Okuk gave a contextual overview of Rabiu Kwankwaso’s strategies&comma; saying that the decision to abdicate a 2023 alliance with Peter Obi was a misstep on his political journey&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her analyses are reproduced below unedited<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Sen&period; Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso had a chance to change history for good&comma; by joining forces with Peter Obi to win an election that could have changed the trajectory of Nigeria’s politics forever&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>His alliance with Peter Obi could have retired so many fraudulent old forces&comma; and set Nigeria on a brighter future&period; But he chose condescension and pride&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>He toed the path of the men before him&comma; who didn’t think an Igbo man was deserving of the Presidency&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>He&comma; just like Atiku Abubakar&comma; believed that the only thing good enough for an Igbo man and any South South person&comma; was the office of the Vice President&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The audacity of any Northerner&comma; to put themselves in the presidential contest of 2023&comma; after Muhammad Buhari’s disastrous presidency&comma; is still grating&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>They did not anticipate the results of the 2023 elections&comma; ever&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Kwankwaso’s alliance with the ADC now&comma; is what we call &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;medicine after death”&period; It bears no relevant impact to the politics of next year&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Perhaps for 2031&period; Otherwise&comma; 2027 belongs to the man who has worked more deliberately&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>He may have been an awful President&comma; but BAT is certainly a better and smarter politician&period; This is why his party will win the 2027 general elections&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>You only have one chance to beat men like Tinubu&semi; and when you have it&comma; give it your best shot&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The opposition had that chance in 2023&comma; and blew it&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>PBAT is not GEJ&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Tinubu is the only Nigerian politician of this era with the skill to unseat a sitting president&comma; without a coup&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>To beat Tinubu at this game&comma; you have to become Tinubu&comma; or better&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>So far&comma; none of the actors I see in the coalition today&comma; have the capacity to cause any disruption in 2027&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Again&comma; Tinubu is not Jonathan&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Good luck&comma; though&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;