The media aide to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has downplayed the significance of the opposition coalition rallying under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing it as a small group of disgruntled politicians with no real political weight.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Bwala claimed the coalition is being driven by a few northern politicians who are upset about losing prominence in the current administration.

He said, “What you’re hearing is that a set of people in the North who believe it is their birthright to be in government. Some of them were in the past government for eight years. After a new government has come, they want to be in the centre of attention in the next government.

“This government believes in equal distribution of opportunities to those who have not had the privilege. They are angry and they said they want to form a group to remove the president… they are confused.”

Bwala insisted that the so-called coalition has no structure or institutional backing and has not been endorsed by key political players.

He said, “There’s no merger. Let me tell you something, this coalition you’re hearing is overblown. There is no coalition anywhere.

“Those who left the PDP, who are the proponents of this coalition, is just a handful of people. The governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have not followed them. The National Working Committee has not followed them, the national executives have not followed them. Where is the coalition? This coalition is not more than 13 people.”