Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to enter the party and collaborate with other opposition figures to remove President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
He suggested that if Atiku declines to join the NDC, he will be held accountable if the opposition fails to unseat Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.
Galadima made these remarks on Monday during an interview with Channels Television.
The elder statesman noted that major opposition figures, including former presidential candidates Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, have already joined the NDC.
He argued that Atiku should follow suit, just as they previously joined him in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), to ensure they can present a united opposition front.
He said, “The truth of the matter is that Peter Obi and Kwankwaso migrated into the ADC; they brought unity of opposition to unseat Tinubu. Unfortunately, there are insinuations that the APC, the government and, by extension, Tinubu used the courts to unseat the opposition.
“This is why I’m making this call on former vice president Atiku Abubakar to follow us as we followed him into the ADC, such that there will be a unity of opposition to unseat this government, and if he refuses, Atiku will be held responsible.
“The reality is that all the political gladiators are now in the NDC, and if anybody is outside, like Kwankwaso was outside and persuaded into the ADC, then we’re also pleading with Atiku to come into the NDC so that we can consolidate again and remove the incumbent government.
“If he refuses to do that, then he has now scuttled the unity of the opposition to unseat this government because he cannot continue to be in the ADC, or else he has agreed now to forfeit his right to contest in the 2027 election.”
