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Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has urged opposition political parties to unite behind the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Yesufu made the appeal in a statement shared on her verified X handle on Wednesday, saying such a move does not require the opposition parties to abandon their individual platforms.

She stated that the 2027 election will not be won by the party with the loudest supporters but by the side that succeeds in building a united front, stressing that Obi is not the candidate of a single political camp but the contender with the strongest record on the ballot.

According to her, President Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of the 2023 general elections with 36 percent of the total votes, while the opposition secured the remaining votes.

She called on opposition parties to form a formidable alliance, insisting that the numbers have never been the problem but have consistently favoured the opposition.

The co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls Movement also expressed concern over the division within the opposition.

“Peter Obi is not the candidate of one camp. Unifying under him is not surrender. It is strategy. And unifying does not mean dissolving your party, your platform, or your principles.

“If you are a party operative, an organiser, a fundraiser, a strategist sitting inside one of the opposition parties, we have a coordination channel for you.

“Not to replace what you are doing, but to connect it. We have to be unified by something stronger,” she wrote.

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