As race to pick the presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress deepens following the official resignation of the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar from the party recently, the permutation to emerge as coalition flag bearer fuels several attempt ahead 2027 polls.
Reports suggest Peter Obi is on his way out of the coalition after underground moves by Atiku to pick the party ticket.
While working on Peter Obi as a running candidate alongside Atiku Abubakar, it has also been said that there is a plan B if Peter Obi refuses to work with him. …CONTINUE READING
It has been said from multiple sources that Rotimi Amaechi could become his running mate, and it’s looking like a well-thought-out plan between the people who formed the coalition.
They believed that with Amaechi as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in 2027, they would have the needed number.
“That’s why he’s also positioning himself to run as President. He knows that the ticket of the coalition is going to North, and all he’s doing is self-positioning, knowing well that Peter Obi will refuse to play the game.”
At the unveiling of the coalition on a few weeks back, interim chairman, David Mark said it was an attempt to save the country’s democracy and to stop Nigeria from becoming a one-party state.
However, analysts said the coalition is bound to be torn apart by the ambition of some of the key political figures on the question of which part of the country should its presidential candidate come from.
Amaechi, while on TV a few days ago, recalled how he fought for the return of power to the North in 2015, saying he believes in power sharing between the two major regions of the country. “I led the fight against the PDP government. Why? Because there was an agreement that the government at that time would spend four years. But after four years, the government reneged on it, and I said no, that would be unfair. That will be instability at its peak because the North will react.
Mr Amaechi added that in line with the power-sharing principle, he would be a one-term president if given the chance to lead the country in 2027. “I won’t do more than four years,” he said, adding that “the South must be allowed to complete its tenure. If the South is not allowed to complete its tenure, then I have made a mistake in supporting it.”
