- A public affairs analyst, Donald Okwuosa, has reacted to the call for a joint ticket of Peter Obi and a northern candidate ahead of the 2027 election
- Okwuosa said Obi and El-Rufai’s joint ticket will unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
- Reports that Obi, former vice president Atiku Abubakar, and former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, are fighting for the ADC presidential ticket
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A public affairs analyst, Donald Okwuosa, stated that power should return to the South for another eight years after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Okwuosa said the Obi/ Nasir Elrufai ticket under the ADC coalition will unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling APC in 2027.
He stated this while reacting to Bashir, one of the sons of El-Rufai, who asked Atiku Abubakar to step down for Peter Obi.
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Bashir said Obi and a strong northern candidate will set President Tinubu packing in 2027.
During an exclusive chat with Legit.ng over the weekend, Okwuosa said:
“As for an Obi/Elrufai ticket, I consider it a perfect match. Both are men of impeccable character and integrity. They are both guided by principles and run with a mindset of excellence. Also, with a Midas touch.”
Why Obi/El-rufai ticket will unseat Tinubu?
The public administrator said El-Rufai did tremendously well in office as an FCT Minister and later as the governor of Kaduna State.
According to Okwuosa, Elrufai is a strong, brilliant, and formidable force in the north and Nigerian politics, while Peter Obi, on his part, is an embodiment of character, wisdom, and grace.
He said, despite a ‘server glitch’ and several corruptions that marred the 2023 presidential election, Obi still garnered over 6 million votes,
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Peter Obi is very unlikely to get ADC ticket
Recall that a former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, reacted to the emergence of the ADC coalition against President Tinubu.
Omokri said there is no coalition or joining of forces by the opposition leaders against President Tinubu in 2027.
The political commentator explained the reason Peter Obi is very unlikely to clinch the ADC presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 election.
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How ADC presidential candidate should be picked
Meanwhile, reported that human rights activist Aisha Yesufu suggested a style to adopt to determine the ADC presidential candidate.
Yesufu said the people must decide who becomes the coalition candidate of the ADC coalition in the 2027 election.
Nigerians have taken to social media to react to Yesufu’s suggestion on how to pick the ADC coalition presidential candidate.
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