ATIKU FIRES BACK AT OBASANJO, SAYS HE STOOD BY EX-PRESIDENT IN PRISON AND AFTER RELEASE. (PHOTO).

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  Atiku Fires Back at Obasanjo, Says He Stood by Ex-President in Prison and After Release Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has responded to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent criticism, insisting he stood by the former military ruler during his incarceration and after his release from prison, and declaring that history cannot be rewritten. Obasanjo had on Friday described his decision to pick Atiku as his running mate in the 1999 presidential election as the biggest mistake of his presidency. He made the remark in Lagos during a fireside conversation with entertainer and activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, at the public presentation of Charly Boy’s foundation and memoir, *999: A Memoir in Tribute to Late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa*. In a statement issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described Obasanjo’s comments as “another failed attempt to rewrite history.” The former vice-president defende...

2027: KENNETH OKONKWO WARNS ATIKU, OBI – NO SINGLE CANDIDATE CAN DEFEAT TINUBU WITHOUT COALITION. (PHOTO).


 2027: Kenneth Okonkwo Warns Atiku, Obi – No Single Candidate Can Defeat Tinubu Without Coalition


Kenneth Okonkwo, former presidential spokesperson for the Labour Party, has declared that no single opposition candidate can defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election without forming a coalition. Speaking amid a wave of defections by political heavyweights to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Okonkwo emphasized that a united opposition is the only path to challenging Tinubu’s re-election.


Okonkwo expressed confidence that a coalition would emerge, though he could not specify its leadership. “Moving to 2027, I know that there will be a coalition. Whether it is going to be between Peter Obi and Atiku, I don’t know, but there will be a coalition,” he said. “That will be the only choice the opposition has to make any impact.” He warned that without such an alliance, Tinubu would secure victory “outrightly” and “just walk into” another term.


Highlighting the challenges of Nigerian politics, Okonkwo noted that winning an election is not enough; candidates must also “secure their victory.” He referenced the 2015 election, where a coalition of elites unseated then-President Goodluck Jonathan, as a model for defeating Tinubu in 2027. However, he cautioned that failure to unite would render Tinubu unbeatable.


Commenting on the recent defections to the APC, Okonkwo attributed the moves to politicians’ pursuit of personal gains, believing the ruling party would manipulate election results in 2027. “It is an absurdity that people will see a sinking house and be running into it for shelter,” he remarked, criticizing defectors for banking on the APC to “write results for them.”


The defections have sparked concerns among Nigerians about the stability of the country’s party system, with fears that Nigeria could be drifting toward a one-party state.

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