Politics

Supporters of former governors Bello Matawalle and Abdulazeez Yari have dismissed the recent coalition of opposition political leaders as a “waste of time,” insisting that President Bola Tinubu remains the North-West’s best bet for the 2027 presidential election. The group, operating under the banner of ‘Shehi and Matawalle Project for Tinubu 2027 Mandate,’ described the alliance reportedly involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and ex-Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai, among others, as “a gathering doomed to fail.” They made their position known on Saturday in Kaduna during the inauguration of the North-West zonal and state executives of the group, which is spearheading grassroots mobilisation for President Tinubu’s re-election bid. “That coalition is nothing but a jamboree. It cannot stand the test of time,” declared the group’s Publicity Secretary, Auwal Mohammed, while addressing journalists after the event. Mohammed stated that the opposition alliance was devoid of any genuine…

Former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Gregory Obi has received a 48 hour ultimatum to formally resign his membership of the Labour Party, having formally joined the coalition party. Labour Party while reiterating its disinterest in joining the coalition, said that the members of the coalition are power mongers whose only interest was self and not the people.

Supporters of the suspended governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, have differed over his reconciliation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

Protests continue to greet the outcome of the primary elections organised to pick the Chairmanship and Councillorship candidates of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming local council elections in the state.