2027: Coalition about Nigeria, not me, Obi, El-Rufai, Amaechi — Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the emerging opposition coalition led by the African Democratic Congress, ADC, is not centred on individual political gladiators like himself, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi or Nasir El-Rufai, but on rescuing Nigeria’s democracy from what he described as the ruling party’s creeping authoritarianism and manipulation of the electoral process.

The media has been awash with speculations of looming battle for the coalition’s 2027 presidential ticket among the political figures.

Atiku made the remarks through his Media Adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe.in an exclusive interview with Vanguard in Abuja yesterday.

He stressed that the coalition’s central goal is to protect the integrity of Nigeria’s democracy, which he said is under threat from the All Progressives Congress, APC, administration.

“This is not an anti-Tinubu project; it is a pro-Nigerian movement. Nigerians must be the ultimate beneficiaries of this effort,” he stated.