The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is in big trouble as the opposition parties, we gathered have agreed to form a mega party to wrestle power from it in 2027.
According to Nigerian Political Economist, Professor Pat Utomi, “The presidential candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi and New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso have agreed to form a mega party that will wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.”
Utomi, made the shocking revelation in an interview on Sunday, January 14th, 2024.
He said; “We’re not talking about names yet. Besides, these politicians I mentioned, I’m talking about leaders of social movements, the labour movement and so on.”
“I have even been part of creating a new tribe, Nigerians who are committed to certain values, who say I will not give a bribe; I will not take a bribe. And you can then create a set of values that can lead to progress in the country.”
“The way we are today, a few people in the world are willing to engage with Nigeria. They think there’s a collapse of culture and values in Nigeria. You can’t trust Nigerians. All kinds of things are here. It’s a clean start.”
“It’s a really clean start. You have to start from the premise that Nigeria has not had a political party since 1999.”
“Let’s be very honest with ourselves, what we have managed is to create platforms that enable machine politics from which to grab power, usually for state capture.”
“If you want to test that, check how much the quality of life of a Nigerian has improved since 1999.”
“It’s frightening but the truth of the matter is that in 1999, a political class managed to build a certain coalition of accommodation to keep the military out and share the spoils of power.”
“Somehow, they did not manage to create an alignment with the Nigerian people to improve the quality of their lives. This is why you can see Nigeria deteriorating, becoming the poverty capital of the world, becoming the centre of widespread violence.”