As race for 2027 presidential election heats up within political circle, fresh moves by People’s Democratic Party’s governors could cause serious grip and tension in Atiku’s camp again.
According source, the remain governors from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are considering coming out fully for President Bola Tinubu by declaring him as their presidential candidate for 2027 election.
The source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that the remaining governors in PDP are not happy with former vice President Atiku Abubakar with the way he is handling the process of coalition and would rather adopt Tinubu. …CONTINUE READING
Obviously, things are not working out as expected for Atiku PDP and some of his expected loyalists are not ready to form coalition and this has led to serious worries his camp.
“As it is now, PDP may not have presidential candidate for 2027 election, the party is no longer existing, the remaining governors are considering adopting City Boy (Tinubu) as their candidate,” the source told ThePapers on Sunday morning.
“Some of them feels that some people want to use them to fight impossibility and they are not ready,” the source added.
Atiku’s body language to some PDP governors has ignited fresh tensions within the Party (PDP) by snubbing Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, during a visit to the state on Friday.
The move, widely interpreted as a declaration of political hostilities, indicates Atiku’s determination to forge ahead with a coalition against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), despite resistance from within his party.
Atiku, who believes that only a broad-based alliance can unseat the APC in the 2027 general election, pointedly avoided meeting Governor Adeleke and the Osun PDP leadership during his visit for the coronation of the new Owa of Ijesaland, Oba Adesuyi Haastrup.
Instead, he paid a courtesy call on former Osun governor and estranged APC chieftain, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
Sources within the PDP said the former Vice President’s actions have widened the rift between him and PDP governors, who recently rejected any merger with other parties, insisting that the PDP remains strong enough to reclaim power on its own.
A reconciliation committee headed by former Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki was set up to address internal party issues, but Atiku’s moves appear to bypass that process entirely.
“He has drawn the battle line. Our governors are not with him on this coalition plan, and he’s sending a clear message,” a party official at the PDP national secretariat told The Nation
