{"id":130036,"date":"2026-10-14T21:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=130036"},"modified":"2026-10-14T21:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:42:33","slug":"2027-atiku-obi-others-renew-unity-talks-as-rival-ambitions-threaten-opposition-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2027-atiku-obi-others-renew-unity-talks-as-rival-ambitions-threaten-opposition-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Atiku, Obi, Others Renew Unity Talks as Rival Ambitions Threaten Opposition Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Oscar Okhifo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opposition leaders have renewed consultations ahead of the 2027 general elections, but competing presidential ambitions, disagreements over power-sharing and the absence of a consensus candidate continue to cast doubt on their ability to forge a united front against President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leaders of six political parties, including five presidential candidates, are discussing a coordinated electoral strategy amid questions over whether the aspirants are willing to subordinate their individual ambitions to a common opposition agenda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Salihu Moh. Lukman on behalf of the coalition parties, the leaders said the consultations were aimed at implementing resolutions reached at the G100 Opposition Summit, which called for sustained dialogue and stronger cooperation among opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The parties involved are the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential candidates participating in the consultations are former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the ADC, Governor Seyi Makinde of the APM, Peter Obi of the NDC, Prince Adewole Adebayo of the SDP and Donald Duke of the PRP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the statement, the engagement forms part of ongoing strategic deliberations to establish a framework for opposition cooperation and identify areas of common interest ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coalition said the meetings were intended to translate the G100 summit&#8217;s resolutions into practical steps towards stronger collaboration, adding that Nigeria&#8217;s challenges required serious engagement among political leaders across party lines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also maintained that Nigerians deserved leaders prepared to prioritise the country&#8217;s future, citizens&#8217; welfare and credible elections over narrow partisan interests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the renewed consultations have brought fresh attention to the divisions and competing ambitions that have complicated efforts to unite the opposition behind a single presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some political observers believe the opposition parties missed an important opportunity to resolve their differences at the Ibadan summit, when a consensus arrangement could have been pursued more decisively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Veteran journalist Uju Ejeye said the failure to establish a common-candidate arrangement at the time had made the task of uniting the opposition more difficult.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThey blew away the opportunity after the Ibadan summit. That summit is when they would have solidified the &#8216;one&#8217; candidate arrangement. They allowed their individual ambitions to becloud the common purpose,\u201d Ejeye said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Atiku&#8217;s continued presidential ambition has also come under criticism, with some arguing that his determination to contest again could complicate efforts to build a broad-based opposition coalition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Segun Sowunmi, a political commentator and former spokesman for Atiku, criticised the former vice-president&#8217;s repeated presidential bids, arguing that his ambition had hindered the emergence of younger political leaders, particularly in northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAtiku ought to have bowed out by now. His ambition has destroyed the ambition of sound young minds from the North.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEvery election, he is on the ballot. He has no respect for zoning arrangement even when it is gentlemanly,\u201d Sowunmi said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recalling a conversation he said he once had in Bauchi, Sowunmi added: \u201cSomeone once told me in Bauchi; &#8216;when will Atiku have ambition fatigue?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He, however, acknowledged that Atiku&#8217;s position had become more formidable because he was the only presidential candidate from the North among the leading opposition contenders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The debate over the opposition&#8217;s prospects has also drawn reactions from Osita Okechukwu, a former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria and a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Okechukwu argued that Tinubu&#8217;s reforms had helped stabilise the economy, although he acknowledged that declining purchasing power and rising poverty remained significant challenges for the administration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He maintained that the opposition&#8217;s failure to unite behind a single candidate would give the ruling party an advantage in the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another contentious issue is whether Obi should have accepted a running-mate position on a possible joint ticket with Atiku.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some commentators believe an Atiku-Obi ticket could have provided the opposition with a stronger platform and potentially improved Obi&#8217;s chances of eventually becoming Nigeria&#8217;s first democratically elected president from the South-East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others argue that such an arrangement would have faced resistance from Obi&#8217;s supporters, given their expectations surrounding his presidential ambition and the enthusiasm generated by his 2023 campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of his supporters remain convinced that Obi can win the 2027 election, just as they continue to maintain that he won the 2023 presidential poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Obi has also claimed that he won the 2023 election, but critics have challenged the basis of such assertions, questioning the evidence supporting them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An anonymous caller to Nigeria Info 95.1 FM in Abuja argued that Obi could have stepped aside for Atiku but was constrained by the expectations of his supporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cObi as it is now would have stepped down for Atiku, but the fear of Obi-dients won&#8217;t let him do that. He knows he cannot win. He can&#8217;t even get the votes he got before,\u201d the caller said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TVC Director of News, Babajide Otitoju, has expressed a similar view, arguing that Obi&#8217;s electoral performance in Lagos in 2023 was aided by disaffection within the APC, with aggrieved party members allegedly working against their party&#8217;s interests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Otitoju also criticised some of Obi&#8217;s supporters, popularly known as Obidients, describing them as rude and toxic and arguing that their conduct had made them difficult for the former Anambra governor to control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abike Dabiri-Erewa has also been associated with criticism of Obi&#8217;s supporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Obi&#8217;s political consistency has come under further scrutiny following renewed attention to his past statements about the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the party under which he served as governor of Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Critics have cited reports of his previous declaration that he would not leave APGA, alongside subsequent disagreements over the interpretation of his position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Anambra State Government released a video showing Obi at a political rally vowing not to leave the party that brought him to power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting to the footage, Arise Television presenter Reuben Abati expressed surprise that the video existed and cautioned politicians to be careful about their public statements, noting that material published online could remain accessible long after it was made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Obi&#8217;s supporters, however, continue to regard him as a formidable opposition figure capable of winning the presidency. His critics counter that divisions within the opposition and disagreements over strategy could weaken his chances in 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abuja-based lawyer and human rights activist Deji Adeyanju offered a more definitive assessment of the emerging contest, arguing that the main presidential battle would be between Atiku and Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Adeyanju, Obi and other opposition candidates could inadvertently improve Tinubu&#8217;s chances of re-election if they contest separately rather than rally behind a single candidate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, veteran journalist Amaechi Anakwe has urged advocates of opposition unity to look beyond the presidential aspirants and enlist the support of influential political elders who could persuade them to reconsider their individual ambitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He identified former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former military president Ibrahim Babangida and retired General Theophilus Danjuma as prominent elder statesmen whose intervention could help resolve the differences among the aspirants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anakwe argued that their involvement could persuade the candidates to agree on a single contender capable of mounting a formidable challenge to Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, engaging influential elders could prove more effective than concentrating exclusively on negotiations among the presidential aspirants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arguments reflect growing scepticism among some commentators about whether the ongoing consultations will produce a workable electoral alliance before the 2027 polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those who believe the opposition&#8217;s divisions are too deep to overcome fear that the pattern of the 2023 presidential election could be repeated, with opposition votes split among competing candidates and the ruling party benefiting from the division.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2023, Tinubu won the presidency in a contest in which Atiku, Obi and other candidates ran separately. The prospect of another fragmented opposition field has therefore become a central concern in discussions about the next election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nevertheless, the ongoing consultations suggest that opposition leaders have not abandoned the search for common ground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coalition said further engagements would build on the resolutions of the G100 Opposition Summit and that Nigerians would be informed of substantive decisions and agreed next steps as discussions progressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It did not disclose whether the meetings had produced an agreement on a joint presidential candidate or any other specific electoral arrangement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether the consultations can overcome the competing ambitions of the major opposition figures remains uncertain. 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