The Presidency on Friday faulted reports on a growing opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, describing it as a “hallucination”.
Stressing that no credible political party or figure has officially supported such an alliance, Special Adviser on Policy and Communications to the President, Daniel Bwala, in his verified official X handle, insisted that such claims lack substance and are not backed by any legitimate endorsement.
According to him, the notion of an emerging alliance between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and other opposition blocs, is a media-driven illusion with no substance.
Bwala stated in his official X handle: “To say a political coalition is surging when in fact no one is interested in it is a political hallucination.
“Both the PDP Governors’ Forum and the party’s National Working Committee have publicly declared their non-involvement in any coalition talks. Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has also recently distanced himself from such negotiations.
“Peter Obi said he is not in any coalition talks. Labour Party people said they are not interested. The PDP Governors Forum said they’re not in. So who exactly is in this so-called coalition?” the Presidential spokesperson queried.
Bwala challenged the notion of opposition unity, asserting that the true political momentum is with the All Progressives Congress (APC), which he described as “surging” due to a continuous flow of defections, including that of a former PDP vice-presidential candidate.
He said: “In contrast, the party surging is APC; receiving defectors left, right, and centre,” he said, adding that “It is not a coalition, but hallucination.”
Deji Elumoye
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