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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has asked former presidential candidate, Peter Obi to form an alliance within the opposition coalition if he wants to beat Atiku to the coalition\u2019s presidential ticket.<\/p>\n

Adeyanju, in a post oh his Facebook page recalled how the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike almost defeated Atiku during the 2022 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries.<\/p>\n

He claimed that Obi and other presidential hopefuls within the coalition can defeat Atiku the easy way if they work for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs at today, Atiku will secure the coalition ticket easily. I don\u2019t see others putting in the work to stop him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want the easy way out like the charade that happened between Obi and Pat Utomi in the Labour Party primaries during the last election.<\/p>\n

\u201cAtiku can be defeated in a primaries like in the 2014 APC primaries. Wike almost stopped him if not for Tambuwal\u2019s last minute joker.<\/p>\n

\u201cForm alliances with the northern key stakeholders and stop him instead of crying on twitter that you should be given a free ticket. This is a coalition not the Labour Party. If you want a free ticket, go back to LP,\u201d Adeyanju advised Obi.<\/p>\n

This comes as Atiku officially resigned his membership of the PDP.<\/p>\n

The former presidential candidate claimed the PDP deviated from its founding principles, hence his \u201cheartbreaking\u201d decision to exit.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has asked former presidential candidate, Peter Obi to form an alliance within the opposition coalition if he wants to beat Atiku to the coalition\u2019s presidential ticket. 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