Atiku, Obi presidency: PDP chieftain kicks against coalition

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Achike Udenwa, the former governor of Imo State, has voiced his objection to discussions regarding the PDP forming a coalition with other political parties in preparation for the general election in 2027.

Udenwa asserted that if the PDP, the main opposition party, were not currently experiencing a crisis, the coalition question would not come up.

The statement coincides with rumors that, before to the general elections in 2027, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had offered Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party the position of vice president in a single-term coalition ticket.

The former governor said on Tuesday’s Arise Television Morning Show that a coalition can only function to a certain degree if the PDP stays stuck in its current predicament.

He said: “The PDP which is the leading opposition party is in a present crisis it finds itself. As soon as this crisis is over, I believe it will be over. The issue of coalition will not arise.

“But even if PDP continues to be in in the dilemma he finds himself today, I believe coalition can then work to some extent, because right now, APC has performed so poorly that Nigerians are looking for an alternative, and if that alternative is a coalition, so be it.

“I, in my own mind, as a person, I don’t believe that the coalition is the best option. The best option is PDP rediscovering itself, being a leading opposition party and other parties can coalesce into it, can now come and join PDP or cooperate with PDP under the platform of the party PDP.

“That is what I think will work. Ideally, not just a coalition, where people bring their personal ambitions and all that.”

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