The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that a possible alliance between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, posed no threat to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
The national secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, revealed this in an interview with The Punch on Monday, February 10.
Legit.ng reported that Obasanjo and his erstwhile deputy, Atiku, held a private meeting in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, on Monday.
Atiku explained that his visit to Obasanjo was merely a courtesy call on the part of his former boss.
The former vice president was accompanied by former governors of Cross River and Sokoto, Senator Liyel Imoke and Senator Aminu Tambuwal, and many others.
Atiku, OBJ’s meeting: “Indolent politicians,” says APC
But reacting to the parley, Basiru described it as the gathering of “indolent and lazy” politicians and dismissed the meeting as a “non-issue.”
While insisting that the ruling party had a government to run, the APC national secretary emphasised that they were busy strategising on how to win the November 8 governorship poll in Anambra state.
Basiru said:
“We don’t react to other people’s acts as a political party. We only do our own things. Presently, our plate is full. We are personally concentrating on how to win and bring Anambra on board for the APC. So, we don’t have time for talks on any political meetings. We also have a responsibility to run the government.
“They (Atiku and Obasanjo) are indolent; they don’t have anything to do. So, they can meet any day, any time. Our government is concentrating on delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu. We don’t have an issue with some indolent people meeting anybody they want to meet.”
“How can people who are in disarray be a threat to a solid political party like the APC? We are talking about a party that is not embedded in any crisis and has high-calibre people who can win elections.
“So we are not worried. We are concentrating on winning the Anambra governorship election on November 8. That’s where our concentration lies for now.”
2027: Atiku meets APC bigwig in Abuja
In another development, Legit.ng earlier reported that PDP’s Atiku Abubakar on Monday, February 3, 2025, paid a visit to APC’s Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, popularly known as Binani.
Legit.ng reports that Binani is an entrepreneur who was the senator for Adamawa Central from 2019 to 2023.
In the 2023 Adamawa state governorship election, Binani lost to Governor Ahmadu Finitiri in an election that was keenly monitored by Nigerians.
