FCT, Abuja – The Nigerian presidency on Thursday, April 24, said the political future of the country’s former vice-president (VP), Atiku Abubakar, “looks bleak”.
TimesNow.com.ng reports that Atiku has vied unsuccessfully for president of Nigeria six times: in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023.
In the last two general elections, he was the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The 78-year-old is believed to be interested in the 2027 presidency and has emerged one of the leaders of a new coalition.
Amid the plot to democratically sack President Bola Tinubu from office in the 2027 election, on Wednesday, April 23, Atiku’s lieutenant in the 2023 election, Ifeanyi Okowa, dumped the PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). President Tinubu is a top chieftain of the APC.
Earlier, the PDP Governors Forum distanced itself from a coalition of opposition politicians. The Forum said it would not join any alliance ahead of the 2027 presidential election. It disclosed this recently during a meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
Reacting to the updates which political observers have said Atiku and his camp would be displeased with, Bayo Onanuga, one of the presidential spokespersons, predicted a loss for the PDP stalwart should the former VP decide to go against President Tinubu in the 2027 election.
Onanuga wrote on X (formerly Twitter):
In the same vein, Tunde Rahman, the senior special assistant to President Tinubu on media affairs, mocked Atiku.
He tweeted via his verified handle:
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Morris Monye, the interim director of mobilisation, Obidient Movement, expressed his displeasure with the notable defections in Delta state.
Monye, an ally of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, said “the incredibly painful part” is that the ruling APC “captured Delta state without a single vote or shot”.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
