Minister of Arts, Tradition and the Inventive Economic system, Hannatu Musawa, has dismissed strategies {that a} attainable joint presidential ticket involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Anambra State governor Peter Obi might unseat President Bola Tinubu within the 2027 common election.
Musawa spoke throughout an interview featured on The Mic On Podcast and shared on Instagram on Saturday, the place she assessed the strengths and limitations of main opposition figures forward of the following electoral cycle.
Whereas acknowledging Atiku’s political stature, the minister argued that the previous vice chairman would nonetheless fall brief towards the ruling get together in 2027.
“I see him as a formidable opponent,” she stated. “However as a lot as I respect and admire him, I don’t consider that Vice President Atiku Abubakar would have the ability to match the ruling get together in 2027.”
In line with Musawa, even a merger of political forces by means of an Atiku–Obi ticket wouldn’t considerably enhance the opposition’s possibilities.
“I don’t suppose he’s a match even when Atiku and Peter come collectively,” she said.
She additional warned that such an association might deepen divisions inside the opposition, significantly amongst supporters of Peter Obi, lots of whom could resist the concept of their most popular candidate enjoying a subordinate position.
“That sort of ticket is more likely to upset quite a lot of Obidients,” Musawa stated, noting that lots of Obi’s supporters have been clear about their reluctance to again him as a vice-presidential candidate. “Some individuals must rethink positions they as soon as held.”
Musawa additionally urged that reversing the roles on the ticket could be much more damaging for the opposition.
“If Peter Obi is introduced because the presidential candidate as an alternative, that may be the quickest method for the opposition to lose the election,” she stated. “I say that very actually.”
Her feedback come amid ongoing debates inside opposition circles as Obi’s supporters insist the coalition-backed Africa Democratic Congress (ADC) should current their principal because the get together’s presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
In the meantime, the ADC has warned Obi’s supporters towards divisive rhetoric’s, emphasising that their narrative in regards to the get together’s presidential candidacy will solely profit the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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