{"id":66071,"date":"2025-05-20T06:15:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T06:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66071"},"modified":"2025-05-20T06:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T06:15:27","slug":"obi-rejects-vp-talk-says-coalition-is-about-nigerians-not-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/20\/obi-rejects-vp-talk-says-coalition-is-about-nigerians-not-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi Rejects VP Talk, Says Coalition Is About Nigerians, Not Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Oso Abidemi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has distanced himself from rumours of a power-sharing deal with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 elections, declaring that his focus is on rescuing Nigerians from poverty and bad governance\u2014not on political titles.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Abuja on Monday during the launch of a N20 million donation to support a school and hospital project by the Anglican Church in Kubwa, Obi said he is committed to building a coalition that addresses hunger, ill health, and illiteracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in a coalition against hunger, a coalition against poverty and ill health,\u201d Obi said. \u201cPolitics for me is not about positions; it is about doing the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reacting to reports that he had agreed to serve as Atiku\u2019s running mate with a promise that the former Vice President would serve only one term, Obi declined to confirm or deny such claims.<\/p>\n

Instead, he reiterated that his engagement in the political space is driven by national interest and people-focused governance.<\/p>\n

Obi\u2019s position was reinforced by the Obidient Movement, which dismissed the reports as baseless.<\/p>\n

In a statement by its Director of Strategic Communications, Nana Kazaure, the group said the story was \u201cimaginary\u201d and cautioned against sensationalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no truth or basis to the reports,\u201d Kazaure stated. \u201cPeter Obi remains committed to building a united front against bad governance and remains in the Labour Party unless he declares otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Atiku\u2019s media aide, Paul Ibe, confirmed ongoing coalition talks but withheld details, saying opposition leaders are \u201ckeeping their cards close to their chest\u201d as discussions continue.<\/p>\n

As part of the emerging coalition\u2019s framework, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is updating its constitution to allow immediate integration of new members.<\/p>\n

Its National Chairman, Ralph Okey Nwosu, announced his decision to step aside for fresh leadership as the party prepares for a national convention.<\/p>\n

The alliance is seen as a strategic push by opposition leaders to unseat the ruling APC in 2027\u2014but for Obi, the real mission is about national rescue, not political bargains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Oso Abidemi\u00a0 Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has distanced himself from rumours of a power-sharing deal with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 elections, declaring that his focus is on rescuing Nigerians from poverty and bad governance\u2014not on political titles. Speaking in Abuja on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":66072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-66071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66073,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66071\/revisions\/66073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}