A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Farouk Aliyu, has stated that politicians in the coalition opposition are a group of APC members who have left the party.
Speaking in an interview on Arise TV on Monday, Aliyu stated that the 2027 presidential race is not about Nigerians but an “elite contest”.
He dismissed the coalition’s political force, insisting that it does not pose a threat to the APC and President Bola Tinubu.
According to him, the opposition leaders, who recently adopted the African Democratic Congress as an official platform to run in the 2027 election, were simply aggrieved with the APC.
He said, “The coalition is merely a group of former APC members who have left the party.
“While they may not pose a threat to democracy, they certainly don’t pose a threat to the APC either. These individuals are simply aggrieved with the party.
“The coalescing of people against Tinubu and the APC will not succeed, as 2027 is a different political landscape compared to 2015. This fight is not about Nigerians, it’s an elite contest”.
Naijaonpoint reports that key opposition figures from the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party, and aggrieved members of the APC adopted ADC on Wednesday last week as a platform to kick the ruling party out of the State House.