{"id":118441,"date":"2025-05-06T23:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118441"},"modified":"2025-05-06T23:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:22:14","slug":"2027-coalition-validation-from-political-opportunists-unnecessary-atiku-slams-bwala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2027-coalition-validation-from-political-opportunists-unnecessary-atiku-slams-bwala\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Coalition: Validation From Political Opportunists Unnecessary, Atiku slams Bwala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1831410050248793674\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1831410050248793674-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div>By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described Daniel Bwala, former spokesman of his presidential campaign organization in 2023 as a political opportunist whose counsel or validation is not required in the 2027 coalition movement.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Wazirin Adamawa went further to state that Bwala\u2019s current relevance, if any, is owed entirely to the platform he once occupied under Atiku\u2019s leadership \u2014 a fact that should breed humility, not arrogance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bwala, the Special Adviser on Policy Communication to the President, had in a programme on Television Continental (TVC) on Monday appealed to Atiku to reconsider his long-standing presidential ambition, suggesting that the path to Nigeria\u2019s highest political office may not be part of his destiny.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He encouraged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 election to accept the realities of Nigeria\u2019s political landscape and consider supporting President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration in the spirit of national unity and legacy-building.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, in a statement issued on Tuesday, by his media aide, Paul Ibe, the former Vice President, said he would neither seek nor require endorsement from political opportunists who abandoned principles as easily as they change parties.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement read: \u201cHis sanctimonious pontificating, laced with bitterness and duplicity, betrays a desperate effort to curry favour with a floundering administration clearly shaken by the unstoppable momentum of the national coalition being galvanised by Atiku and other progressive leaders.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cLet it be clearly stated: Atiku Abubakar neither seeks nor requires validation from political opportunists who shed principles as easily as they change parties. Mr. Bwala\u2019s current relevance, if any, is owed entirely to the platform he once occupied under Atiku\u2019s leadership \u2014 a fact that should breed humility, not arrogance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe Tinubu camp\u2019s obsession with Atiku\u2019s political future is no coincidence. If, as they claim, Atiku is a spent force, why the relentless smear campaign? Why the strategic allocation of presidential platforms to attack him? The answer is plain: Atiku Abubakar remains the single most formidable opposition figure in Nigeria, and the coalition he is forging represents a clear and present danger to the decaying edifice of the ruling party.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThis broad-based alliance, aimed at reclaiming Nigeria from economic collapse, institutional failure, and democratic erosion, has clearly rattled the ruling elite. No amount of historical revisionism or sanctimony can obscure the fact that Atiku has been a central pillar in Nigeria\u2019s democratic journey since 1999, championing reform, restructuring, and electoral integrity when others chose complicity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe reaffirm, unequivocally, that the Waziri Adamawa remains focused and unshaken in his commitment to Nigeria\u2019s future. He will not be distracted by political jesters masquerading as patriots.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe rescue and rebuilding of Nigeria is a task of urgent national importance \u2014 far too important to be derailed by the petty ego trips of desperate presidential aides.\u201d<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_8598439814200770268ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described Daniel Bwala, former spokesman of his presidential campaign organization in 2023 as a political opportunist whose counsel or validation is&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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