2027: Atiku, Obi united by mutual desperation to be President — APC
By Ismail Azeez
The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has described the recent visit by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, to his counterpart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as a mutual desperation to be President of Nigeria.
The party, in a statement on Tuesday, through the National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka Esq said that Nigerians cannot trust the duo who failed to fix the internal crisis within their parties.
Morka urged Nigerians to stand fast in their invaluable support of the Party and President Bola Tinubu’s determined commitment to deliver a stronger, secure and more prosperous country for us all.
According to the statement, “A recent visit by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, to his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has fueled speculations of a possible alliance between both men or merger of their political parties in the lead up to 2027.
“What is unclear, however, is whether Obi would make a comeback to Atiku’s PDP whether Atiku would dump his PDP and seek rehabilitation in Obi’s Labour Party or whether both men would abandon PDP and Labour, altogether, and sojourn into the political wilderness of Professor Pat Utomi’s mega party.
“News of Peter Obi’s return to the PDP would be hardly surprising. His reputation as a political wayfarer is only dwarfed by Atiku’s track record as a veteran political wanderer. News of Atiku joining the Labour party will shock no one as he will be living up to his well established reputation as the country’s most itinerant politician. For now, Utomi’s mega party remains a figment with no offering of tangible accommodation for both men.
“Atiku and Obi are united by their mutual desperation to be President of Nigeria and ignoble disdain for President Bola Tinubu’s focused and extraordinary commitment to the transformation of our nation. Their restless drift in search of convenient party platforms to execute their presidential run only belie the self-indulgent and opportunistic essence of their aspirations. Men without the staying power to build or fix their own parties, who flee at the slightest flicker of internal crisis cannot possibly be trusted by Nigerians to tackle serious and complex national political and economic challenges that confront our nation.
“President Bola Tinubu embodies character, vision, tenacity and doggedness required to deliver a resurgent Nigeria of stable growth and development. The administration’s bold economic policy reforms and massive infrastructural uptake have already shattered historic barriers to growth, and paved the way for steady progress and development,” the statement added.
