Former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has suggested that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is getting ready to exit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before the 2027 general elections.
Okowa, who was Atiku’s running mate on the PDP ticket in the 2023 presidential election, recently switched to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
During an interview on Arise News, Okowa discussed his communication with Atiku before making his decision to leave the PDP.
Okowa replied, “I actually did communicate with him that we were going to have stakeholders meetings this week (in the last week) and that it was going to be a leadership meeting and the outcome of that meeting was going to determine our next path because we were no longer comfortable with the PDP.
“And I also know that he is already heading out of the PDP from the communications he has passed on to me, and that Nigerians know already.”
On 20 March 2023, Atiku, along with Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and others, announced the formation of a coalition aimed at challenging President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
This announcement has sparked discussions about the possibility of a united opposition, with various political leaders sharing their perspectives on the matter.
