NNPP Presidential candidate Picks Idahosa as Running Mate
The New Nigeria Peoples Party’s (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso has chosen Pastor Isaac Idahosa as his running mate in the general elections of 2023.
NNPP disclosed this in a post on its Twitter handle on Thursday.
The declaration was made one day after Festus Okoye, National Commissioner for INEC and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee said that the NNPP and the African Action Congress (AAC) had not submitted any nominations to the platform.
He said, “So far, the Commission has processed 6,995 nomination forms (EC9) uploaded by 16 out of 18 political parties for the constituencies where they intend to sponsor candidates. However, two political parties, the African Action Congress (AAC) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), are yet to upload a single nomination to the portal.
“The Commission hereby reminds all political parties that they have three days left to upload their list of candidates to the ICNP. The deadline is Friday 15th July 2022. The portal will automatically shut down at 6.00 pm on that date.”
Bishop Idahosa shared several posts on Kwankwaso before he was announced as the NNPP vice presidential candidate. He spent the weekend in Kano to celebrate Sallah with the former governor of Kano State.
Bishop Idahosa is the Senior Pastor of God First Ministry, a.k.a Illumination Assembly, with its headquarters in Lekki, Lagos State.
Bishop Idahosa started his ministry more than two decades ago in Minna, Niger State, before moving to Lagos.
