All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday denounced former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s admission that the ongoing realignment by opposition political leaders was to dislodge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from office.
Ganduje boasted that no coalition by politicians who presently have ‘’no identifiable political base would stop the re-election of the President in 2027.
He predicated his belief in the President’s re-election on the fact that the opposition movement comprises people that can’t reach a consensus on any issue because of their different political ideologies and selfish interests.
Atiku, at a news conference in Abuja by Concerned Leaders and Political Stakeholders in Nigeria, said the opposition leaders were teaming up to recreate the then opposition’s move that resulted in PDP’s defeat in 2015.
The collaboration of the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN), Congress of Progressives Change(CPC), New Peoples Democratic Party (NewPDP) and All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) in 2013/2014 gave birth to the APC.
At the news conference addressed by Atiku were former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, APC former National Working Committee (NWC) member, Salihu Lukman and former APC National Chairmanship aspirant, Soni Monidafe.
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP) for the 2023 general poll Peter Obi was represented by Tanko Yinusa.
Others like former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi and former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi who are members of the coalition were said to have taken permission to be absent from the event.
But Ganduje in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Enlightenment Oliver Okpala, said the re-election of President Tinubu in 2027 was assured.
The statement reads: “Dr Ganduje does not have any fear of the re-election of President Tinubu in 2027. Tinubu will surely emerge victorious because of his untrammelled performance since he assumed office as President of Nigeria.
“Forget the recent political gatherings and rantings from some politicians who presently do not have any identifiable political base.
“Their gathering from the Labour Party, PDP, Social Democratic Party(SDP) and others are people with different political ideologies and selfish political interests that can never agree on any issue politically.
“The gathering is an assemblage of people with divergent political interests. No amount of political arrangement or gang up can stop the good people of Nigeria from re-electing Tinubu as President in 2027.”
