The Obi-Kwankwaso Inter-Community Alliance Network (OKICAN) has said it has mobilised diverse ethnic communities across Kano in support of the proposed presidential ticket of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso.

The group also threw its weight behind the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) governorship candidate in Kano, Comrade Abdulsalam Gwarzo, and other party candidates.

The announcement was made in a statement signed by the National Leader of OKICAN, Hon Tableth Onuoha, a former elected councillor in Kano state, former presidential appointee, and community leader.

According to Onuoha, the network is organising non-indigenous residents across Kano’s 44 Local Government Areas (LGAs).

Onuoha described it as a unified voting bloc while simultaneously expanding its operational structures across the 19 states of Northern Nigeria.

“Kano is the political and commercial engine of Northern Nigeria, home to over 2.5 million non-indigenes who drive trade, industry, and social development,” Onuoha said.

He added that his experience serving both at the local and federal levels has given him firsthand knowledge of the influence of resident communities in the state.

“Today, ethnic nationalities across all 44 LGAs, from Fagge to Tudun Wada, are united behind the Obi-Kwankwaso vision to secure a New Nigeria. Beyond Kano, OKICAN has established this structure in other states across the North,” he stated.

The organisation identified several ethnic communities including Igbo, Yoruba, Edo, Delta, Ijaw, Idoma, Igala, Tiv, Nupe, Ibibio, other Southern and Middle Belt groups.

According to the group, major concentrations of non-indigenous voters are located in metropolitan LGAs such as Fagge, Kano Municipal, Nasarawa, Dala, Tarauni, Kumbotso, Ungogo, and Gwale.

He said it also highlighted industrial and peri-urban areas including Dawakin Kudu, Bichi, Gezawa, and Warawa, as well as rural LGAs such as Doguwa, Tudun Wada, Gwarzo, Shanono, and Wudil, as key areas for its mobilisation efforts.

OKICAN said its campaigned strategy includes establishing command teams across Kano’s 44 LGAs and 484 wards to promote voter education, Permanent Voter Card (PVC) verification, and election-day participation.

Beyond Kano, the network said it inaugurated state and local executive chapters throughout Northern Nigeria to coordinate resident ethnic communities, trader associations, and town unions in support of its political objectives.

The organisation also said it planed to work with community leaders, market associations, and security agencies to encourage peaceful participation in the electoral process.

OKICAN called on resident community leaders, market unions, and ethnic associations across Northern Nigeria to engage with its emerging state structures as the expansion continues.