Eunice Atuejide, Labour Party (LP) chieftain, has backed the possible alliance between Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate in the last election, and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
However, she noted that an alliance between Obi and the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections is ill-informed.
Recall that Peter Obi met with Atiku, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, and Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa from 2007 to 2015, in Abuja on Tuesday, May 14.
The meeting was the first between the two politicians after they lost out in the 2023 general elections. However, the details of the meeting were not immediately known.
However, in an interview with the BBC Hausa, Atiku, said his recent meeting with Obi was just the usual meeting between the opposition. He added that such meetings are healthy for the country’s democracy.
In an exclusive interview with TimesNow.com.ng via telephone, on Sunday, May 19, Atuejide, said the opposition parties cannot dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) without forming an alliance in 2027.
But she opined that Obi returning to the PDP and agreeing to contest for president alongside Atiku is not a good idea.
Buttressing her point, the LP chieftain stated thus:
In another development, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Reno Omokri said no northerner will agree to contest the presidency alongside Peter Obi in the 2027 elections.
According to Omokri, Atiku Abubakar, NNPP flagbearer Rabiu Kankwaso, and the former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai will not be willing to work with Obi, as many speculated.
Omokri wondered about the significance of Obiâs rapprochement with northern powerbrokers in the PDP. He stressed that âright now, Peter Obi is tainted.â
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
