{"id":68494,"date":"2022-07-14T13:03:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-kwankwaso-picks-bishop-idahosa-as-running-mate"},"modified":"2022-07-14T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:25:00","slug":"2023-kwankwaso-picks-bishop-idahosa-as-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-kwankwaso-picks-bishop-idahosa-as-running-mate","title":{"rendered":"2023: Kwankwaso picks Bishop Idahosa as running mate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso has reportedly picked Pastor Bishop Isaac Idahosa as his running mate for the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n

The party disclosed this in a tweet on its Twitter handle on Thursday \u201cOur VP Pastor Bishop Isaac Idahosa from Edo State.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bishop Idahosa who hails from Edo State is the Senior Pastor of God First Ministry, a.k.a Illumination Assembly.<\/p>\n

The church has its headquarters in Lekki, Lagos State.<\/p>\n

The man of God is a gospel singer who is popularly known as \u2018Prophet Talk Na Do\u2019 by his congregation.<\/p>\n

This followed the inability of the party to form an alliance with the Labour Party, LP, for the presidential elections.<\/p>\n

Kwankwaso and the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had during talks for an alliance, disagreed on who should deputize each other.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso has reportedly picked Pastor Bishop Isaac Idahosa as his running mate for the 2023 elections. 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