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2027: Individuals’ coalition cannot defeat Tinubu, except parties – Shekarau

Steven Atogi by Steven Atogi
August 10, 2025
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Former Kano State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Ibrahim Shekarau, has said only a coalition led by political parties—not individuals—can unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.

Shekarau advised opposition parties to work together to strengthen the existing political platform to achieve that goal.

In a press statement, he recalled his past efforts, alongside other political leaders, to form a coalition in 2011 aimed at removing then-President Goodluck Jonathan.

His remarks comes amid recent discussions of some politicians joining forces under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to challenge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

Shekarau clarified that he never said it was impossible to defeat the APC, but that for a coalition to succeed, it must be formed by established political parties, not individuals seeking power.

“Some people did not perceive my message correctly. For the sake of clarity, I did not say the coalition could not defeat Tinubu in 2027. What I said was that a coalition of ‘individuals’ rather than parties could not,” he said.

To drive his point home, Shekarau cited the 2011 attempt by the now-defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) to form a coalition.

He said the coalition talks in 2011 involved parties with elected governments, legislators, and significant grassroots support.

“I was a principal actor in the 2011 attempted coalition, being a Presidential candidate of the ANPP then. We had several meetings at President Tinubu’s residence in Abuja in 2011.

“At a point, (late former President Muhammadu) Buhari, (Nuhu) Ribadu and I, as the Presidential candidates of CPC, ACN and ANPP respectively, met at Buhari’s residence in Abuja to further discuss the coalition in 2011. But it did not work. So, each of us went into the election separately under our respective parties,” he explained.

Shekarau said the experience taught valuable lessons to both individuals and parties. He said this led CPC, ACN, and ANPP to try again in 2015.

According to the former governor, the 2015 merger succeeded because party leaders negotiated as representatives of their political parties and not as individual aspirants.

“This time, however, we employed a different approach. We pursued the process, not as individual candidates/aspirants or those who wanted to become this or that, but as representatives of our respective parties.

“The three parties each set up a 21-member committee, and I had the privilege of leading the ANPP committee,” he said.

Steven Atogi

Steven Atogi

Steven Atogi is Editor-in-chief at Umpire News. Formerly Editor-in-chief at DreamsNG Magazine. A skilled editor, writer and researcher with over a decade experience in politics, economy, sports and entertainment news editing; feature writing, copywriting and digital news sourcing. He has published in traditional and new media across local and international media outlets. He is keen on public policy, politics, economy, and social justice themes.

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