Ahead of the 2027 elections, a former National Vice Chairman, North West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman explained that the coalition of political parties would correct all the mistakes and shortcomings of Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu’s administrations.
TheHintsNews reports that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and other aggrieved members of APC, as well as other proposition leaders are at the leaders of the coalition being out together to wrest power from Tinubu and APC in 2027.
He stated: “If we are talking of correcting the mistakes of Buhari, correcting the mistakes of Asiwaju, we don’t want to produce a government that will be seen as a sectional government.
“We want to produce a government that Nigerians will be proud of. And everybody will see that there are new leaders that are truly accountable to Nigerians. We don’t want to produce another set of emperors.”
Lukman pointed out that the Coalition was not distracted by the recent defection of the Governor of Delta state, Sheriff Oborevwori, and the running mate to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa’s defection to the ruling APC.
He said they were aware that some governors of the PDP were working with President Bola Tinubu.
He stressed that their defection was unexpected, saying the signals had been there that some governors are going to decamp.
Lukman added: “You also know the situation in PDP. The party is clearly a shadow of its own self. Although we acknowledge there are people, there are leaders in PDP who are optimistic they can rescue the party.
“But if you remember, when the governors issued a statement against the coalition, what was our response? Our response was that many of them are working for Asiwaju.
“And shortly after that, you saw the statement from Akwa Ibom, and of course the Delta governor. It’s not only him, if you check the comments, there are many more that are being expected and on two sides — on the side of people who genuinely worry for the country, are expressing fear about a one-party state. And on the side of the government and APC, they are jubilating.
“All that one can say is that the beauty of democracy is about competition. The whole initiative to begin to negotiate the coalition is to ensure that in 2027, Nigerians are presented with options.”
Lukman boasted that the coalition being out together to challenge Tinubu in 2027 has gone far.
He said: “What has happened in terms of some governors and some leaders moving into APC is not going to distract us at all.
“Not long from now, the full details of the coalition will be unveiled to Nigerians. And the structure and the strategy in terms of how the election will be contested will be clarified.
“We are just hoping that leaders of PDP who genuinely are working to rescue the party are thinking in the direction that rescuing the party should mean rebuilding the party so that the culture of imposition is a thing of the past in PDP. If that happens, we will regard the new PDP that will be born as a partner in the project of the coalition to rescue the country.”