Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka has stated that Peter Obi will not join forces with Atiku adding that the coalition led by Atiku Abubakar is “dead on arrival”
In an interview on Thursday, Olayinka stated that the coalition will fail because Peter Obi will not accept a political alliance intended to support Atiku’s presidential ambition.
Recall, in 2019, Atiku and Peter Obi ran as president and vice president on the same ticket on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Four years later, they ran on separate platforms after Obi left the PDP for the Labour Party in advance of the 2023 election.
Before the 2023 election, Obi left the PDP for the Labour Party, and four years later, they ran on different platforms.
Peter Obi and other opposition leaders have received invitations to join Atiku’s campaign ahead of the 2027 election. as the former vice president has been advocating for the creation of a coalition in a bid to unseat Tinubu and the ruling APC.
Recently, the former Vice President said that the coalition would adopt a political platform that promises excellent governance to unseat President Tinubu.
However, Olayinka has maintained that Atiku’s quest for the coalition is to achieve his presidential ambition.
He said, “The moment you are doing coalition, and that coalition is to support one person’s ambition. Who is talking about coalition Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and who is thinking about benefiting from coalition Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, how will coalition now work? The moment you are talking about coalition to to benefit Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, coalition will not work,”
“Is anything working in coalition today? It has failed before they even started with it. They will tell you that, Alhaji Atiku will run with Peter Obi. Will Peter Obi agree to run with Atiku Abubakar? Will Atiku allow Peter Obi to run as President under the coalition? Or will Peter Obi allow another person to be presented as candidate? These are the issues. It cannot work and it will not work,” he added.
