National Chairman of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Bishop Amakiri, has criticised the recently announced opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, claiming that almost 85 percent of its leaders have a history of poor governance and cannot deliver the political change they promise.

Speaking on The Morning Brief, a Channels Television programme on Monday, Amakiri questioned the credibility of the coalition, which includes former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, ex-governors Nasir El-Rufai and Rotimi Amaechi, and other political figures.

The group had recently met in Abuja and adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its platform, with former Senate President David Mark and former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola named interim chairman and secretary.

“I have a problem, and it is whether 85 per cent of people in that coalition have the moral justification to tell us about a coalition that will liberate the Nigerian people from the political leadership quagmire we find ourselves in,” Amakiri said.

Describing the coalition as a group of “political power mongers,” he argued that many of its members have held public office without meaningful impact.

“You can’t have a gathering of over 85 per cent of persons who have been given the opportunity to lead this country before – and where have they taken the country to? Abysmal failure,” he stated.

Amakiri questioned the intentions behind the coalition, suggesting that it was motivated more by a desire to reclaim power than to reform governance. “They are just political power mongers trying to advance their interests,” he said.

He also likened the current coalition to the 2015 alliance that brought the All Progressives Congress (APC) to power, accusing its leaders of repeating a cycle of political arrangements without delivering change. “It’s the same thing they did in 2015 when they just wanted to kick out a president who was doing very okay,” he said.

Addressing reports that some YPP members had joined the coalition, Amakiri maintained that his party remained focused on legislative influence rather than the presidency. “We are not in a hurry to produce a president. Our major ambition is to take over the parliament,” he said.

The Abuja meeting that triggered Amakiri’s comments was attended by several politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and ADC, all aiming to form a united front against the ruling APC.