The attractiveness and appeal for a new political alliance in the country cannot be over – emphasized. That situates the recent clarion call made last week by the former Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Salihu Lukman, that the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, and the former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo must ally to defeat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. According to him, the unity of purpose of these opposition leaders which should also include some ex-governors Nasir el-Rufai, Kayode Fayemi, and Rotimi Amaechi, may be the only way left to sack Tinubu from office in 2027 and save the country from imminent collapse.
This political perspective has been in the mind of not a few Nigerians as wishful thinking, but circumstance appears to be turning it into an inevitable way to move this country away from its present unpalatable location. Lukman, the former Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), said in a statement that the APC promised to tackle corruption but graft has persisted under its administration He then said that: “The requirement for high acceptability from all sections of the country should humble all political leaders in the country, especially Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi not to exploit the need for such a united front by imposing their Presidential ambitions. “Everyone must bury their ambitions, at least not during the negotiation to form the united political front.
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