Coalition: Atiku, Obi, El-Rufai, Others Vow To Fight On

A coalition being put together by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his associates has vowed to push ahead in its bid to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

Others in the coalition talks are the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi; former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai; former Transportation Minister, Mr Rotimi Amaechi; former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr David Babachir Lawal among others.

The meeting, convened in Abuja on Saturday, under the banner of the National Political Consultative Group, was attended by other political associates from across the country.

Snippets from the meeting, however, indicated that the group was still deliberating on the modalities on the way forward and could not fanalise discussions on its potential presidential ticket.

Recall that Obi had debunked media reports indicating that he would be running with Atiku in 2027 as vice presidential candidate.

Obi had maintained that he will still be running for president in 2027 on the platform of the Labour Party.

The emerging coalition had dumped its initial plan to prosecute the 2027 election on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

It is being speculated that the planned coalition may choose the African Democratic Congress (ADC) platform to prosecute the election.

There are growing speculation that the Kebbi State Governor,
Nasir Idris, may be planning to align with Atiku in the pursuit of the coalition.

Govenor Idris, who is serving his second tenure, was elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), triggering speculations that all may not be well with the Kebbi State chapter of the APC.

THE WHISTLER could not immediately verify the information regarding the alleged moves by the Kebbi governor as of the time of filing this report.