As discussions and permutations continue to surround the emergence of the new opposition coalition for 2027 polls, Nigeria\u2019s Presidency says that there is no chance former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party\u2019s Peter Obi would defeat President Bola Tinubu in the next presidential election.<\/p>\n
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television, on Thursday, Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, boasted that President Tinubu\u2019s achievements would eloquently speak for him in the coming elections. <\/p>\n
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\u201cThey are free to form alliances, but as far as the APC is concerned, we are not seeing them as any threat. If you merge Peter Obi and Atiku, there is no way the two of them can beat a Bola Tinubu and Shettima ticket. It is going to be impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are jumping the gun, it is not yet time for politicking.<\/p>\n
\u201cTinubu supports freedom of speech and freedom of expression. He doesn\u2019t have any hand in the challenges they are facing in the ADC. He was not even in Nigeria when the internal problems they are facing started,\u201d Onanuga stated<\/p>\n
According to the presidential spokesperson, \u201cAtiku has been in the race more than Tinubu and Obi.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has tried several times to become president, but he always fails at the gate. If you look at the configuration and geography of our country, the last time Atiku came out, he was trying to whip up the sentiment of \u2018I\u2019m your son,\u2019 and the South rejected him. If you have an Obi that you want to use as your running mate, that fact doesn\u2019t mean you will get the exact votes you would get when he vied for president.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTinubu is doing a lot of good for the North. In terms of appointments, he has appointed people from the North-West and North-East into good positions, and I think in politics, a good turn deserves a response from people who are beneficiaries of Tinubu\u2019s government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a lot of noise all over the place, and it doesn\u2019t tally with the reality on the ground. People are benefitting from the Tinubu-led government, and at the right time, Tinubu will tap into that people under him have enjoyed,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n