A former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has claimed
that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is preparing to leave the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Okowa was Atiku’s running mate on the PDP ticket during the
2023 presidential election.
However, Okowa defected to the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC, last week.
Speaking on Arise News on Tuesday, he was asked about his
communication with Atiku before he departed from PDP.
Okowa replied, “I actually did communicate with him that we
were going to have stakeholders meetings this week (in the last week) and that
it was going to be a leadership meeting and the outcome of that meeting was
going to determine our next path because we were no longer comfortable with the
PDP.
“And I also know that he is already heading out of the PDP
from the communications he has passed on to me, and that Nigerians know
already.”
On 20 March 2023, Atiku, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and others jointly announced the
formation of a coalition aimed at challenging President Bola Tinubu in the 2027
election.
The development has sparked ongoing discussions about the
potential for a united opposition, with political leaders expressing a range of
views.
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