APC chief urges opposition leaders to unite ahead of 2027

Prominent politicians, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Yemi Osinbajo, have been called upon to join forces to wrest President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 poll.

The immediate past National Vice Chairman, North, of All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, made the call in a piece, titled: “EndBadGovernance Campaign: What Next?” stressing the need for the formation of a political party that will be strong enough to defeat of President Tinubu in the 2027 poll.

Lukman argued that since it was common knowledge that the government had rendered virtually all registered political parties comatose, there was a need for the process of uniting aggrieved political leaders across all parties.

While acknowledging some already unfolding initiatives in this direction, he said the rising anger in the country must be utilised and directed to strengthen the emergence of a veritable functional political party different from APC, PDP, LP and NNPP.

The Kaduna-born politician argued that for any political party to develop the needed capacity to rescue Nigeria and put the country back on the path of democratic development, it must appropriately and organically connect with the current #EndBadGovernance campaign.

He stressed that the #EndBadGovernance campaign should be mainstreamed in the structure of any political party, which promises to rescue Nigeria and put it back on the path of national democratic development. He warned that the inability to do that would spell doom for any prospect of challenging and defeating the current APC government of President Asiwaju Tinubu.

“This is the point when, ideally, opposition leaders such as Atiku Abubakar, Mr Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso should step forward to provide the needed leadership to reform our democracy and ensure the emergence of a functional political party capable of rescuing Nigeria.

“In addition to opposition leaders, other political leaders in APC, who have been edged out of the party, should join forces with opposition leaders to rescue the country and put Nigeria back on the path of democratic development. These leaders include Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Senator Ibukunle Amosun, Nasir El-Rufai, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and many others.”