In the 2027 presidential election, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that it will be challenging to unseat the current All Progressives Congress (APC) without a true partnership.
The PDP’s 2023 Presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, while addressing the National Executive Committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria, made an alliance offer to construct a powerful opposition party that would be able to defeat the APC in 2027.
“We have all seen how the APC is increasingly turning Nigeria into a dictatorship of one party,” Atiku said, cautioning against the possibility that Nigeria will become a one-party state.
“If we don’t come together to challenge what the ruling party is trying to create, our democracy will suffer for it, and the consequences of it will affect the generations yet unborn.”
The PDP Deputy Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, stated in an interview with PUNCH that Atiku made the call to safeguard Nigeria’s and Nigerians’ futures.
According to Abdullahi, the APC has caused poverty among Nigerians, and the President Bola Tinubu-led party can only be overthrown by a true alliance of opposing political groups.
“We believe only merger or coming together of all opposition political parties will produce a better result. So there is a need for other political parties to understand that it will be difficult to defeat the All Progressives Congress without a merger.
“So the other political parties must see the reason and identify with the PDP’s clamour for coalition. So, if they see this, then the better for Nigeria’s opposition and the people.
“But if other political parties want to go about it individually, they are not as strong as the PDP. It is very difficult for us to attain the objective of taking charge of the government and sacking this army of occupation that has decided to inflict maximum penury and anguish on Nigerians,” he said.