By Femi Anamelechi
As the race for 2027 hots up reports have emerged that former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami , former Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Adamu, some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as well as some former Ministers who served during the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari are in talks to join the SDP. The development is coming on the heels of secret talks of a coalition among opposition parties to present a common front capable of challenging President Bola Tinubu and the APC in the 2027 election.
The purported coalition efforts from the opposition will involve Atiku Abubakar’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi’s faction of Labour Party (LP), and Nasir El-rufai , who recently defected to the SDP. Report has it that the opposition parties are apparently planning on joining forces under an existing registered party. However, if they are unable to agree on a shared platform within the party they intend to join, they will opt to align with the SDP instead, Our eagle eyed correspondent pointed out. Only recently former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan , has said merger talk from opposition politicians has been gaining success.
The former Publicity secretary of PDP reiterated this while answering questions on AIT Focus. programme, Kola Ologbondiyan stated that the opposition politicians would come out with what would give Nigerians hope.He pointed out that defeating the current government would be easy with what the opposition political Leaders will bring to reinforce SDP
