2027: Atiku under pressure as Peter Obi drops coalition bombshell 

With fresh report claiming that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has offered the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi a vice president role in a joint single-term ticket, the former Anambra State governor’s camp has reacted.

According to The Punch, the coalition proposal was initially discussed during a meeting between Atiku and Obi early this year in the United Kingdom.

The report further stated that Atiku was committed to serving a single four-year term, and Obi has agreed to be the former VP’s running mate.

However, the ex-Anambra state governor was said to be working to secure the backing of his core loyalists.

Fresh sources from Peter Obi’s camp has revealed that Obi has not accepted any secret deal and has the capacity to win election with or without coalition.

“There are serious worries about trust issue from Atiku’s camp. The question is that will Atiku be ready to hand over power to Obi after his own first term?”, the source queries Atiku’s logic to woo Obi.

“We don’t trust the other party and Atiku needs Obi more than anybody but is he reliable for the deal?

In the 2019 presidential election, Obi served as Atiku’s running mate under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), where they lost to former President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress.

On March 20, Atiku, Obi, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and others in Abuja announced the formation of a coalition to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.

The announcement sparked widespread debate about the prospects of opposition unity, with political stakeholders expressing varied opinions.

Nearly two months later, Nigerians are still waiting to hear from the political leaders, as both Atiku’s PDP and Obi’s LP remain mired in internal political crises.