Tension has begin to heats up among the leaders of coalition due to the choice of presidential candidate to contest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the coming election in 2027.
ThePaper.ng reports that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and other coalition leaders recently met to gain the support of certain northern leaders in their effort to defeat President Bola Tinubu. …CONTINUE READING
The meeting, convened by the National Political Consultative Group (North), was held behind closed doors last Sunday at the Abuja Continental Hotel.
Various reports indicated that Atiku has been the principal of coalition in order to be the sole presidential candidate to contest against Tinubu again in 2027 but there seems to increasing trouble in the camp of former Vice President as ex-chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salifu Lukman, stated that the coalition mobilizing against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will prioritize fairness in its selection of a presidential candidate.
The former All Progressives’ Vice President from the North stated that the coalition acknowledges the significant issue regarding the South’s turn to produce a presidential candidate, and the coalition will consider that.
Sources among the coalition leaders have revealed to ThePapers.ng that they have received intelligence that some APC machineries are still within the coalition with intentions to disrupt any positive agender by the leaders and invent crisis.
“We are very vigilant and attentive, we know there are some APC moles among us but they will not succeed. I can tell you that this coalition will work and the purpose would be achieved,” the source revealed.
“We are beginning to identify some machineries and we will disgrace them out of our plans.”
Another source revealed that APC are sponsoring some people to cause crisis among the leaders with intention not to have United decision.
“Of course some zonal leaders are beginning to be grumbling on who should be the presidential candidate but we don’t need to argue over that, all we want is to defeat Tinubu in 2027 irrespective of the candidate as long as there are agreements for succession,” said the source.
On March 20, Atiku, Obi, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and others in Abuja announced the formation of a coalition aimed at challenging President Boka Tinubu in the 2027 election.
The announcement sparked widespread debate about the prospects of opposition unity, with political stakeholders expressing varied opinions
