2027: “It Will Spell Doom,” Lukman Sends Message to Atiku, Others Over Delayed Merger Against Tinubu

• Salihu Mohammed Lukman, a former APC chieftain has heavily criticised opposition party chieftains for being at loggerheads with one another
• Lukman noted that there is a possibility of a national crisis if, by December 2024, Atiku, Peter Obi, and top political bigwigs refuse to unite and form an alliance against Tinubu and the APC in the 2027 election
• Legit.ng reports that Lukman earlier dumped the ruling APC over alleged bad governance under the President Bola Tinubu-led administration

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements

A former national vice chairman (North West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, has said if opposition parties fail to seize power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027, it will spell doom for the country.

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Lukman, a former director-general of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), in a statement, flayed the leading opposition parties for being embroiled in internal crises ahead of the 2027 elections.

According to Lukman, it is worrisome that the parties discussing merger were yet to “graduate to structured political engagements on the platforms of any of the existing opposition political parties.”

Recall that leaders of some opposition parties have hinted of plans to unite in order to dethrone the APC-led government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027, following the spate of killings, kidnapping, hunger, poverty, and general insecurity in the country, Daily Trust reported.

Lukman said:

“It is quite appalling, for instance, that PDP leaders are antagonistic to Alh. Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Peter Obi is in the midst of a helpless survival leadership battle in LP and Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is oversighting a directionless NNPP whose roof is being torn apart by no other than its own so-called leaders.

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“The reality is that if by the end of December 2024, no structured engagement has commenced based on strategic initiative to develop the alternative political platform, oriented based on selfless disposition of opposition political leaders, it simply means that any opposition to APC and President Asiwaju Tinubu in 2027 will be based on personal ambitions of individual political leaders.

“If that is the case, the risk of producing a government that is worse that the current one will be high. Irrespective of whether the government is led by Alh. Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Peter Obi, Sen Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso or any of the orphaned leaders of APC, any successor government that emerged based on personal ambition of political leaders risked being worse.”

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Group announces Atiku’s 2027 presidential bid

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a group confirmed that the former vice president of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar will be contesting for the nation's hottest seat in 2027.

The Nigerian Youths for Atiku (NYFA) also disclosed the identity of who can stop Atiku from contesting for the presidency in the next general election.

Legit.ng reported that Atiku contested in 2023, and came second, after a major defeat by Bola Tinubu who came first and was elected as Nigeria's 16th president.

Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng