{"id":167250,"date":"2025-06-17T08:29:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:00:00","slug":"nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians Defecting to Coalition Amid APC Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>As the coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 continues to gain momentum, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s camp has declared that Nigerians are already joining the movement.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Atiku, said in a chat with Vanguard on Sunday that the All Progressives Congress APC is already fidgeting over the alignment of key opposition figures in the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Ibe expressed optimism that the coalition, which according to him, represents a formidable platform will sack the ruling party in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re scared because they know the coalition represents a formidable platform that could remove this administration.<\/p>\n<p>Even if some leaders defect to their political party, the reality is that Nigerians are defecting to the coalition. It embodies their aspiration, a platform to end this failed government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ibe further stated that once everything about the coalition is finalised and the dotted lines are signed, \u201cNigerians will eagerly board this train\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat will mark their defection, far more overwhelming than what\u2019s happening with the APC,\u201d Ibe said.<\/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. As the coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 continues to gain momentum, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s camp has declared that Nigerians are already joining the movement. Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Atiku, said in a chat with Vanguard on Sunday that the All Progressives Congress APC is already fidgeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":167249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,316,254,15203],"class_list":["post-167250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-atiku","tag-nigeria","tag-paul-ibe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerians Defecting to Coalition Amid APC Fear - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As the coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 continues to gain momentum, former Vice President Atiku Abubaka ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerians Defecting to Coalition Amid APC Fear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 continues to gain momentum, former Vice President Atiku Abubaka ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T07:29:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T09:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750138253.316099.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerians Defecting to Coalition Amid APC Fear\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T07:29:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-17T09:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750138253.316099.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Atiku\",\"Nigeria\",\"Paul Ibe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/nigerians-defecting-to-coalition-amid-apc-fear\",\"name\":\"Nigerians Defecting to Coalition Amid APC Fear - 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