{"id":163793,"date":"2025-05-23T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/coalition-atiku-peter-obi-el-rufai-others-in-talks-atikus-spokesman"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:20:22","slug":"coalition-atiku-peter-obi-el-rufai-others-in-talks-atikus-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/coalition-atiku-peter-obi-el-rufai-others-in-talks-atikus-spokesman","title":{"rendered":"Coalition: Atiku, Peter Obi, El-Rufai, others in talks \u2013 Atiku\u2019s spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and other political heavyweights like Peter Obi, and a former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai are in talks over plans to float a coalition ahead of the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku\u2019s spokesman, Paul Ibe, disclosed this on Thursday while answering questions on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today.<\/p>\n<p>Ibe also confirmed speculations of a planned coalition to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, you and I know that there have been ongoing discussions between Atiku Abubakar and some opposition leaders: Peter Obi, Nasir El-Rufai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, it\u2019s out there in the open. Discussion is still ongoing, and at the end of that discussion, they will come out with a position and the direction that we\u2019re going to follow based on the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians,\u201d Ibe said.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that in 2019, Atiku and Obi contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the presidential election, when the ex-vice president was the party\u2019s candidate then.<\/p>\n<p>They lost the election to former president Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>The two heavyweights are speculated to fly the same ticket in the next presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if both men would be on the same ticket, Ibe said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019m saying, in effect, is that that ticket was viable in 2019, and it\u2019s still viable today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it is left to the individuals to be able to come to a determination as to how they proceed. So, let us not go ahead of them. They are talking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talks about a coalition have gathered steam in the country owing to what many attribute to the crisis rocking the major opposition PDP and other parties.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai El-Rufai, earlier this year, dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, citing several personal and political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai then teamed up with the Social Democratic Party, SDP, a platform many touted to host the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour Party, LP, presidential flag bearer in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has, however, clarified his involvement in the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>He insists he is interested in a coalition against poverty and other vices affecting Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and other political heavyweights like Peter Obi, and a former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai are in talks over plans to float a coalition ahead of the 2027 election. Atiku\u2019s spokesman, Paul Ibe, disclosed this on Thursday while answering questions on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today. 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