Bashir Ahmad says Kwankwaso’s son is a politically unwise choice for NDC Kano governor running mate.

A former media aide to the late ex‑President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, criticized on Tuesday the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for selecting Rabiu Kwankwaso’s son, Mustapha, as the party’s governorship running mate in Kano State.

Ahmad said fielding Kwankwaso’s son as a deputy governorship candidate was “politically unwise.”

Posting on X, Ahmad wrote: “It is politically unwise and strategically miscalculated for the NDC as a party to field a father as its vice presidential candidate while simultaneously selecting his son as its deputy governorship candidate in Kano at the same election cycle.”

Mustapha is the son of Rabiu Kwankwaso, who is the NDC’s presidential running mate in the 2027 election.

The NDC’s governorship candidate in Kano State is former deputy governor Aminu Gwarzo.

Gwarzo emerged as the consensus candidate in May after a stakeholders meeting headed by Rabiu Kwankwaso.

The former deputy governor resigned from Governor Abba Yusuf’s administration following a disagreement, which led to his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the NDC.