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Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, says his party is the best for Nigerians.

He said the party can outperform the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Kwankwaso, a former minister of defence, spoke on Saturday during the NNPP national convention in Abuja.

The former Kano governor decried the level of banditry in the country, saying that most people have been forced to leave their homes due to insecurity.

“In many parts of this country, especially in the north particularly in my own part of the north, so many people have been chased out of their homes and many have been killed,” he said.

“Some are in the bushes now in the forest under the forces of bandits and other criminals. And it looks like many people don’t care.

“I believe it is only in this country that this sort of nonsense is happening. It is the responsibility of every government, responsible government to ensure peace of its people.”

Kwankwaso applauded the NNPP for its achievements within a “short time” of its formation and thanked stakeholders for the amendment of the party’s constitution, slogan and logo.

He said the development would ensure the party’s victory in future elections.

“Even my humble self, I found it very difficult to identify our logo during the last general election. That was why we thought it is very important for us to have a brand new logo for our party,” he said.

“In our party today we have this logo. You can see the New Nigeria People’s Party written very clearly and NNPP very boldly.

“I believe that in the next elections, nobody will be confused about our logo.”

He commended the party for electing him as its national leader, pledging to ensure unity and fairness in his dealings with party members.

“All our members will continue to have an internal democracy within the party so that everybody is given an opportunity to attain his or her potential,” he said.