Atiku leads new coalition to oppose Tinubu, APC in 2027 elections

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Former Vice President and 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed the formation by the opposition group of a formidable coalition aimed at challenging the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 elections.

Disclosing this in Abuja during a press conference he addressed along with a cross-section of political stakeholders from across the country on Thursday, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar answered in the affirmative when he was asked whether the gathering was the formation of a coalition to wrest power from President Tinubu in 2007.

The former Vice President said: “Yes, we are working as a group to ensure that democracy takes it’s rightful place in 2027.

Flanked by national chairmen of some opposition parties at the briefing, Atiku, who spoke for the group, condemned the State of Emergency declared by the president on Rivers State and the suspension of democratically elected officials stating that the move was undemocratic.

The group called on Nigerians and serving National Assembly members to reject President Bola Tinubu’s unconstitutional declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State.

According to Atiku, “We have come together to address the dangerous and unconstitutional actions taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on March 18, 2025-to wit, the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State and the illegal suspension of the democratically elected Governor, Deputy Governor, and the State House of Assembly.

“This action is not only unlawful but also a clear subversion of democracy and imposition of autocratic federal control over a duly elected state government.

“We strongly condemn this development and call on all Nigerians of good conscience to resist this brazen assault of the constitution of our country and the institutions of our democracy.

“Mr President’s illegal and unconstitutional proclamation was presumably driven by the protracted insidious political crisis in Rivers State, which culminated in the recent Supreme Court ruling…