Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the Take-it-Back Movement, has declared his refusal to join the coalition of former presidential candidates Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi from the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party respectively.
He has also made it clear that he will not be joining the Social Democratic Party for the upcoming 2027 presidential election.
Sowore made these statements on Arise TV’s Politics Today, stating that he will only align himself with a coalition that represents the oppressed.
Sowore said: “I’m not joining any coalition, the coalition that they joined in 2013 and 2015 is what brought about the APC, so joining another coalition in 2025 is doing the same thing all over again without thinking of achieving the same set of results.
“The coalition that needs to be built is that of the oppressed, joining another coalition that is made up of the same people who were the ones that created the coalition that ruined Nigeria, it’s an injustice and an injury to the people of Nigeria.
“So you can never see me in their coalition and I will never be part of it, I’m not joining the SDP, I’m not part of those playing chess with the destiny of Nigerians.”
Atiku, Obi, and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai had formed a coalition with the aim of removing President Bola Tinubu from power in 2027.
Atiku disclosed this during a press conference by Concerned Leaders and Political Stakeholders in Nigeria.
Atiku warned the government not to allow personal political interests and the desire to hold on to power at all costs to throw the country into unavoidable chaos through brazen subversion of the principles of federalism, democracy, and constitutional governance, adding that this is not just about Rivers State but about the future of Nigeria’s democracy.
