Buba Galadima, a chieftain and prominent stakeholder in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), on Monday, dismissed all speculations of a possible merger between opposition parties.
The elder statement who spoke to The Guardian on the current political realignments, insisted that only individuals, not political parties, can come together to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Galadima ruled out any coalition between the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and NNPP ahead of the 2027 general elections.
According to him, both the PDP and LP have been compromised and are no longer viable opposition forces.
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“You should know that PDP is not merging with anybody because PDP is a branch of APC.
“Nobody needs to tell you that. The Labour Party has been taken over. So, only individuals can merge, I mean, can come together and go under one umbrella,” Galadima stated.
His comments come on the heels of the defection of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from APC to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a move widely seen as an effort to build a strong opposition coalition ahead of 2027.
However, Galadima cautioned against repeating the 2015 political alignment that led to the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari and later, Bola Tinubu, as presidents.
“But you should also know that it is not good for us to commit the mistakes of 2014 or 2013, just to remove Tinubu for removal’s sake, because you may remove Tinubu as you removed Buhari, and end up using torchlight during daylight looking for Tinubu,” he warned.
