A former Vice -Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof Shuaib AbdulRaheem has emerged the New Nigeria Peoples Party governorship candidate in Kwara State.
This was disclosed by the state chairman of NNPP, Alhaji AbdulRazaq Abdulsalam, in Ilorin, the state capital, shortly after a meeting of the stakeholders of the party had with AbdulRaheem on Monday.
“We have picked Professor Oba Shuaib Abdulraheem as our governorship candidate. He’s now a full-fledged member of NNPP,” the chairman declared.
Abdulsalam disclosed that AbdulRaheem will be attending the meeting of all the NNPP gubernatorial candidates in Abuja on Tuesday.
In his acceptance remarks, the former university administrator expressed his preparedness to join hands with other eminent Nigerians and the people of the state to take the party to a greater height.
