2027 Elections: Atiku Blasts PDP Governors Over Rejection of Coalition Plan
A coalition opposing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors for rejecting the coalition initiative and allegedly aiding Tinubu’s prospects in the 2027 election.
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The coalition’s condemnation follows the resolution adopted by the PDP Governors’ Forum during its meeting on Monday, April 14, where the governors voiced their opposition to the formation of a broad-based alliance of opposition parties and political figures.
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Speaking on behalf of the coalition, Salihu Moh Lukman said,
The coalition is a viable option not only for defeating the All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Tinubu but also for rescuing Nigeria’s democracy from imminent collapse.
For more than 10 years, the PDP had been out of power, and Nigerians had waited for the party to dust itself off and provide the viable opposition that Nigeria needs. Instead, the party went into suspended animation until the rampaging Tinubu-led APC found a willing undertaker to finally put it to rest, he added.
The governors know that the virus that afflicts the PDP has no cure. They are only grandstanding. They know that Nigerians cannot accept this PDP as the alternative because it is clear to all discerning Nigerians that the ruling party has hijacked its soul.
Nyesom Wike is the untouchable super minister in Asiwaju’s government, not because of the sterling job he is doing in the FCT, but because he has done a great job of ensuring that the PDP is not able to present a presidential candidate to challenge Tinubu for power in 2027.
However, with the growing coalition, that mandate has been adjusted in recent weeks. The new agenda is to revive the PDP to stand as a counterforce to the coalition and present a candidate who would split the vote in 2027. This PDP Governors’ Forum is wittingly or unwittingly playing Asiwaju’s spoiler game, and they expect Nigerians to take them seriously.
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