2027: Sowore Rules Out Coalition With Atiku, Obi; They Are Evil, He Says

Omoyele Sowere, the Presidential candidate candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC,  in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, says he has no intention to form any coalition with two top presidential materials in the country.

Sowore, the Nigerian media enterpreneur made this known while speaking on the Honest Bunch podcast on Tuesday.

He said he’s not prepared to form any coalition with Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.

Abubakar and Obi came second and third in the 2023 presidential election behind the incumbent president, Bola Ahmed of the APC who won the election.

His remark comes on the suggestions among not a few Nigerians that top presidential candidates in the country should form a coalition to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in 2027.

The ruling party has come under serious criticisms for its abysmal performance since it came to power last year.

A strong coalition among top political parties in the country has the potential to displace the ruling APC from power, critics of the administration said.

The 2023 AAC presidential candidate however said he had no intention to form any coalition with either Atiku or Obi, describing them as the chips of the old blocks, responsible for the current problems facing the country.

He said he has made up his mind not to join forces with such politicians due to his philosophy that he  “will never support a Nigerian leader who has held any political office,” in the past.

Abubakar was Nigeria’s vice president between 1999 and 2023 while Obi served as Anambra state governor for eight years.

Sowore: “If I form a coalition with Peter Obi, I will be going against what I have always stood for, which is that I will never support a Nigerian leader who has held any political office — whether at the federal, state, or local level — if I consider them non-performing.

“It’s the same reason I would never have joined hands with Atiku. And the Peter Obi you’re talking about was a vice-presidential candidate to Atiku when I was a presidential candidate in 2019.

“So, what are we talking about? There is no lesser evil in my book. If you are evil, you are evil. If you are good, you are good. I have a general disdain for non-performance.”