- defections, with major opposition fig ures, federal lawmakers and party loyalists shifting camps in what appears to be an early battle for 2027. At the centre of the storm are former Labour for- Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and mer Kano State governor and NNPP presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Both men, who finished third and fourth respectively in the 2023 presidential election, have reportedly exited the African Democratic Congress-led opposition arrangement and moved to the National Democratic Congress. Their movement has triggered fresh political calculations acro…