advertisementThe decision by President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to forge a political deal with the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, reportedly crumbled due to his excessive and unrealistic demands. Senior APC figures said Kwankwaso’s requests immediately raised red flags as manoeuvring ahead of the 2027 polls gathered pace, noting that the demand for 20 per cent of the APC structure was the deal breaker. Story continues below advertisementThe source familiar with the negotiation said, “Even President Bola Tinubu has not specifically asked for any percentage share of the APC. That demand for 20 per cent of the structure of the APC nationwide was a deal breaker. Story continues below advertisementThe APC chieftain said, “He was clearly overreaching.”According to APC sources, when no headway was made in engaging Kwankwaso, the presumed gatekeeper of Kano politics, Tinubu recalibrated his strategy.