Nigeria Doesn't Need Obi, Atiku, Tinubu in 2027 - Kenneth Okonkwo

4 September 2024
Daily Trust (Abuja)

Former spokesperson for Peter Obi, Labour Party's presidential candidate in the 2023 President election, Kenneth Okonkwo, says Nigeria needs new political leaders come 2027.

Okonkwo therefore called President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and Obi, to step aside for fresh faces to emerge.

He said this when he appeared on Arise News, adding that both the ruling party and the opposition have failed Nigerians.

His call is coming in the wake of the report that candidates of three strong opposition parties in Nigeria were planning to form a merger to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

According to him, Nigeria needs a fresh idea to solve the country's socioeconomic problems because the present set of politicians have proven they had nothing to offer.

He said "Rather than jumping into discussions about mergers, there is need for consolidation and alliance-building among opposition parties.

He stressed the importance of working together to form a strong, united front before considering electoral alliances.

"I completely agree that we need new faces, 100% and that is how I have said it, that Atiku, Peter Obi, and Tinubu should step aside.

"The reason is because the ruling party has failed, the opposition has failed. Are you aware that we have more opposition members as representatives than the ruling party?

"If they have come together, that is why I said coming together to form a consolidated fortune, before you even think to talk about merger", he noted.

The former LP spokesman said "I am not saying merger is not important, I am saying don't just finish an election and the next thing you start talking about is the next election. You consolidate and form an alliance to work together as an opposition".

Daily Trust reports that the National spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Abdullahi in an interview with Channels TV on Monday said Atiku, Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), would put personal interests aside to prosecute the 2027 election.

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