2027: Opposition leaders have begun negotiations for alternative political platform – Lukman
Former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Salihu Moh. Lukman on Thursday gave an insight into the level of political reengineering and realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections, saying opposition leaders have commenced negotiations.
While he didn’t disclose the identities of those involved in the negotiations, he said they also include some “alienated APC leaders”.
In a New Year message issued in Abuja, Lukman however lamented that most Nigerian politicians are not disposed to competitive political culture, largely because they are driven by personal ambitions to contest elections.
He said; “While acknowledging that opposition political leaders, including alienated APC leaders have commenced negotiations towards producing alternative political platform, it must be also recognised that most Nigerian politicians are not disposed to competitive political culture.
“Largely because most politicians are driven by personal ambitions to contest elections, the default mindset is about imposition and manipulating processes to achieve personal ambitions. This must stop.
“We must remind all our political leaders that if they want to prove their altruistic value and demonstrate strong disposition towards rescuing Nigeria, therefore beyond the pretentious claims of subordinating personal ambitions towards the emergence of the new platform, opposition political leaders in the country should commit themselves to allow political competition in the country as the basis for the emergence of political leaders at all levels”.
The former Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF added that opposition leaders must be reminded that so long as they approach the process of leadership selection in the country based on a strategy to impose themselves, they are also part of Nigeria’s problem.
“To Nigerians, we need to all wake-up and seek to take our destiny in our own hands. The source of strength and audacity of Nigerian politicians is derived from the docility and passivity of ordinary Nigerians. Once the majority of Nigerians concede politics as the monopoly or exclusive vocation of so-called politicians, the risk of undermining political competition and producing bad leaders with the attendant consequences of remaining in a permanent state of misery, disbelief and negativity will be high”, he stated.
