{"id":133258,"date":"2024-10-05T22:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T21:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad"},"modified":"2024-10-05T23:39:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T22:39:52","slug":"peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Bashir Ahmed, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, has said that Peter Obi is \u2018politically bigger\u2019 than Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad made the assertion in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cEven though I have never been a Kwankwasiyya loyalist, but I have always admired and respected Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and see him as one of the progressive political figures we have in this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, I do not agree with his recent statement during his interview in Kano, where he claimed to be politically bigger than Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at the results from the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi garnered 6,101,533 votes and led in 11 states, demonstrating significant national support. In contrast, Senator Kwankwaso secured 1,496,687 votes and led in just one state, Kano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese numbers clearly suggest that, at least in the context of the 2023 election, Peter Obi has significantly more political influence across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, Peter Obi is bigger than Rabiu Kwankwaso, politically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Bashir Ahmed, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, has said that Peter Obi is \u2018politically bigger\u2019 than Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Ahmad made the assertion in a post on X. He wrote: \u201cEven though I have never been a Kwankwasiyya loyalist, but I have always admired and respected Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":133256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1477,2021,254,222],"class_list":["post-133258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bashir-ahmad","tag-kwankwaso","tag-nigeria","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bashir Ahmed, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, has said that Peter Obi is \u2018politically bigger\u2019 than ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bashir Ahmed, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, has said that Peter Obi is \u2018politically bigger\u2019 than ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-05T21:34:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-05T22:39:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-05T21:34:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-05T22:39:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bashir Ahmad\",\"Kwankwaso\",\"Nigeria\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad\",\"name\":\"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-05T21:34:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-05T22:39:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Bashir Ahmed, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, has said that Peter Obi is \u2018politically bigger\u2019 than ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad - Nigeria","description":"Bashir Ahmed, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, has said that Peter Obi is \u2018politically bigger\u2019 than ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad","og_description":"Bashir Ahmed, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, has said that Peter Obi is \u2018politically bigger\u2019 than ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-10-05T21:34:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-05T22:39:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad","datePublished":"2024-10-05T21:34:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-05T22:39:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad"},"wordCount":176,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg","keywords":["Bashir Ahmad","Kwankwaso","Nigeria","Peter Obi"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad","name":"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-05T21:34:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-05T22:39:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Bashir Ahmed, a former media aide to ex-President Muhammad Buhari, has said that Peter Obi is \u2018politically bigger\u2019 than ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728155364.530383.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-politically-bigger-than-kwankwaso-bashir-ahmad#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Peter Obi politically bigger than Kwankwaso \u2013 Bashir Ahmad"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}