The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has stated that a potential joint presidential ticket of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi would not be able to defeat President Tinubu in the 2027 general election.
Speaking on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Thursday, Onanuga asserted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), led by President Tinubu, does not perceive such a coalition as a credible threat to its political dominance.
Onanuga said: “They are jumping the gun, it’s not yet time for politicking as they are doing.
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“We didn’t go the way they are going about it, the alliance or merger we had in 2013 was not like these people are making it look.
“It didn’t give much distraction to the government in power but the way they are doing it is as if INEC has blown the whistle for party politics to start but it’s not so.
“They are free because this is a free country and people can come together to form all kinds of alliances
“But as far as the APC is concerned, we are not seeing the coalition as any threat.
“Even if you merge Peter Obi and Atiku together, there is no way the two of them can beat a Bola Tinubu and Shettima ticket; it is not going to be possible.”
