A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Showunmi, has stated that the newly formed coalition lacks unity.
Naijaonpoint reports that key opposition political figures across the country recently adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as their coalition party to unseat President Bola Tinubu through the ballot at the next general election.
Among its ranks are prominent politicians, including the former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, the former Senate President, David Mark, the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Notably, Amaechi, Peter Obi, and Atiku have expressed interest in contesting the 2027 presidential election, but Mark has insisted that the coalition has no preferred candidate.
However, in an interview with Channels Television, Showunmi, who recently met with President Tinubu, stated that members of the coalition are all ambitious and would eventually turn on one another as the political battle intensifies.
He said, “They will quarrel among themselves over everything.
“Everybody in that coalition suddenly wants to be president all at time, and they will not be able to agree.”
Meanwhile, a member of the coalition, Kenneth Okonkwo, has stated that his support for the 2027 presidency is for a northern candidate to contest against President Bola Tinubu.
Okonkwo, who served as a spokesperson for the Peter Obi/Ahmed Baba-Datti presidential campaign organization in the 2023 elections, warned that fielding a southern candidate against Tinubu in 2027 would make it easy for the President to clinch a second term.
The actor cum politician however added that the northern candidate the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and coalition leaders would present for 2027, must be qualified for the position and have the support of the entire northern region.
He submitted that he doesn’t mind if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, or former Speaker Aminu Tambuwal or any other northerner emerges as long as such a person meets the requirement and has the support of the northern region.