Convener of the League of Northern Democrats, Umar Ardo, has stated that the momentum of the political coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 has slowed down because it is currently facing an ideology crisis.
Speaking on Wednesday on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme, Ardo stated that the coalition’s predominant members and leaders supported merging into an existing political party, while another group wanted to register a new political party.
However, he stated that the situation was this way because the coalition was at its formative stage and expressed the belief that things would eventually shape up.
He said, “I think the coalition will stand. At the formative stage usually you have these hiccups, but over time, they will shape up
“And basically, the coalition is in place, but it’s just divided on the basis of ideology.
“Well, when I say ideology, I say, I mean approach — how to approach the politics.
“Predominant members and even leaders of the coalition are in support of fusing into an existing political party, and another group, which I belong to, is in support of registering a whole new political party.
“This is actually where things stand, and I don’t know what the ultimate decision will be by the leaders and key stakeholders and movers of the coalition.
“But we insist, from our side, that our approach of establishing a new political party by the coalition is the best way to approach this transitional politics, and it is, for me, almost almost certain of victory.”