Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has revealed that Nigeria’s major political parties, including the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party, are engaged in high level discussions to form a coalition ahead of the 2027 elections.
Atiku, a key figure in the negotiations, described the move as a necessary step to rescue Nigeria from what he called an “incompetent and inefficient” administration.
“We are having a coalition. All the major political parties are involved in this coalition. The APC, PDP, Labour, all of us are involved. That is the only way to go. We face a very, very incompetent and inefficient government,” he stated.
The former presidential candidate made the disclosure while receiving a delegation of political stakeholders from Kogi East Senatorial District, led by ex Deputy Governor Simon Achuba.
Atiku also condemned the worsening security crisis across Nigeria, accusing the Tinubu led government of lacking the political will to protect citizens. He recalled how the Olusegun Obasanjo administration
swiftly crushed the early stages of Boko Haram in 2002, contrasting it with the current government’s failure to curb violence.
“You remember when Boko Haram started? It was actually in 2002. We were in office, and the President sent for me. It started in Yobe, actually. And I said, ‘Mr. President, let’s call the service chiefs and give them a deadline. If they cannot put it down, then they should put down their uniforms and go away.’ He called the service chiefs, I was there, and gave them marching orders. Within a few weeks, we put down the insurgency. It never came up again till we left office,” Atiku recounted.
He further criticised the government’s indifference to the killings, stating, “When they are killing your citizens, how you can even eat and not give a damn is the greatest irresponsibility by any political leader anywhere.”
