The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi and former Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso are in talks to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
PDP’s spokesperson Ibrahim Abdullahi disclosed this during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday.
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The trio, who contested the 2023 presidential election, are reportedly considering setting aside personal ambitions to form a united front against Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Tinubu won the 2023 election with 8,794,726 votes. Atiku came in second with 6,984,520 votes, followed by Obi with 6,101,533 votes, while Kwankwaso finished fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
Abdullahi noted that the opposition leaders are willing to sacrifice their ambitions to “recover” Nigerians from hunger and widespread insecurity.
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“One of them would concede for the other and then we would have a direction. Our concern as a party and to these people that I have mentioned is to ensure that we salvage Nigerians from this despair and despondency, between maladies of hunger and frightening insecurity in the land,” Abdullahi said.
“You could see cluelessness and ineptitude on the part of these people managing this country.”
“Atiku is saying if it is better for him to get Nigeria out of this hopelessness, he would do so. He (Atiku) must not be in the race. Atiku is saying that it is an entitlement to him as a democrat; the constitution provides for him that he could contest at any time.
“I am telling you clearly: Peter Obi is suitably qualified; he can aspire and we will support him if he gets the ticket. Atiku is suitably qualified and if he gets the ticket, we will rally behind him and give him the desired support to salvage Nigerians out of this situation.”
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Abdullahi hinted that the PDP can reintegrate Obi, Kwankwaso, Wike, and others into the party.
“You will see Peter Obi discussing with Atiku, you will see Peter Obi meeting with (Nasir) El-Rufai,” he said.
“Party management is a very difficult thing and we are doing the best in the quagmire that we have found ourselves. Rest assured, there would light at the end of the tunnel. We have learnt our lessons in a bitter way.”
