Kwankwaso Joins TikTok, Gains Over 59,000 Followers In Hours
The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, for the 2027 election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has officially debuted on TikTok.
Kwankwaso, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, announced his entry into the video-sharing app in a post on his X handle, urging Nigerians to follow him for first-hand updates.
According to him, his TikTok page will serve as a platform for credible information and exclusive insights into his daily activities.
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He wrote: “I am now on TikTok! I encourage you all to follow me there for authentic information, latest updates and exclusive contents about my daily life. Nigeria will be OK.”
Checks showed that within a few hours of the announcement, his account had attracted over 59,000 followers and more than 178,000 likes.
His entry into TikTok comes about a year after his principal and NDC Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, joined the platform. Obi, former Governor of Anambra State, currently has over 547,000 followers and 3.4 million likes.
Kwankwaso started his political journey in 1992 when he was elected into the House of Representatives where he became Deputy Speaker.
He later served two terms as Governor of Kano State from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2015, Minister of Defence from 2003 to 2007, and Senator representing Kano Central from 2015 to 2019.
In the 2023 general election, Kwankwaso contested as the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, before losing to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
