Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari and Senator Abdul Ningi have initiated the move to form a mega party ahead of the 2027 general election.
You will recall that Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, lost the election to President Bola Tinubu.
Yari also lost his bid to become the Senate President to Godswill Akpabio (who was preferred by Tinubu).
According to sources, Atiku has set in motion the machinery for the proposed mega party in collaboration with some members of the National Assembly.
VOP News gathered that Atiku’s camp is wary of the disunity in the PDP and what they referred to as the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike’s overbearing influence on the opposition party.
The source said Atiku and his allies are mulling the repeat of the 2013 scenario which saw the merger between Muhammadu Buhari’s Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Tinubu’s Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to form a mega party.
Another senator has alleged that there is a fresh plot to destabilize Tinubu’s government in order to return power to the north in 2027.
Speaking under the condition of anonymity, the Senator alleged that the majority of those in opposition are from the Northeast and the Northwest. But were not allowed to be the leaders of the opposition in the Senate.
