Senators, Ex governors including Atiku set to build a major party ahead of 2027 Elections

March 12, 2024 Joshua Samuel

The former vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar alongside some ex-governors and senators has planned to forge a major party ahead of the 2027 elections.

Though Atiku contested for the presidency in the 2023 elections against Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he did not win.

Yari also lost his campaign for Senate President to Godswill Akpabio, Tinubu’s chosen candidate.

According to insiders, Atiku has begun planning the potential mega party in partnership with some National Assembly members.

Atiku’s team is concerned about the PDP’s disarray and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s overwhelming influence on the opposition party.

According to the source, Atiku and his allies are considering a repeat of the 2013 scenario, in which Muhammadu Buhari’s Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) merged with Tinubu’s Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to form a mega party.

“They have gone far in the arrangement. They believe that the country is in the same situation as it was in 2014 during the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s era, hence, their decision to form a mega party to wrestle power from Tinubu,” the source said.

“Ningi’s statement on the BBC Hausa Service was one of the moves of the promoters of the mega party. They want to create problems in the National Assembly and set the lawmakers against each other and the Presidency.”

Fresh plot against President Tinubu

Another senator alleged that there is a fresh plot to destabilize Tinubu’s government in order to return power to the north in 2027.

“We know their game plan. We are watching them. We have since returned to our political arsenal to thwart any move to create enmity between us and the Executive and destabilize the government,” the senator said under the condition of anonymity.

“Indeed, we don’t attack the government as the opposition is supposed to do. But this is a result of the situation and the government we have. These so-called leaders they forced on us were not voted by us.

“They brought religious issues, ethnic and tribal issues into the process. They used propaganda, saying no Hausa/Fulani would be trusted to lead the opposition because there would be no peace.

“If you look at it from this scenario, the majority of those in opposition are from the Northeast and the Northwest. But we were not allowed to be the leaders of the opposition in the Senate.

“This is one of the reasons we said we would go back and look at what is happening under the umbrella of the Northern Senators’ Forum, which is under my leadership.”

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