Atiku Abandons PDP To Create Mega Party To Take On Tinubu In 2027

Atiku Abubakar 

In anticipation of the general election of 2027, former vice president Atiku Abubakar, former governor of Zamfara State Abdullaziz Yari, and senator Abdul Ningi have started the process of forming a megaparty.

Remember that President Bola Tinubu defeated Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate?

Yari also lost to Tinubu's favorite, Godswill Akpabio, in his race for Senate President.

“They have gone far in the arrangement. They believe that the country is in the same situation as it was in 2014 during the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's era, hence, their decision to form a mega party to wrestle power from Tinubu,” the source said.

“Ningi's statement on the BBC Hausa Service was one of the moves of the promoters of the mega party. They want to create problems in the National Assembly and set the lawmakers against each other and the Presidency.”

Sources claim that Atiku, working with a few National Assembly members, has initiated the formation of the proposed mega party.

Atiku's team is reportedly concerned about the PDP's division and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike's unduly strong hold over the opposition party.

According to the source, Atiku and his supporters are considering a reenactment of the 2013 event, which saw the creation of a megaparty through the merger of Tinubu's Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Muhammadu Buhari's Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and a section of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).