{"id":67018,"date":"2025-05-31T17:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67018"},"modified":"2025-05-31T17:44:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:44:49","slug":"2027-atiku-el-rufai-amaechi-forge-alliance-to-unseat-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/31\/2027-atiku-el-rufai-amaechi-forge-alliance-to-unseat-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Atiku, El-Rufai, Amaechi Forge Alliance to Unseat Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s 2027 presidential race is gathering steam as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and former Transportation Minister and Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi have unveiled plans to lead a new political coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>The trio made their intentions clear during a high-powered public lecture in Abuja to mark Amaechi\u2019s 60th birthday; a celebration that swiftly morphed into a platform for fierce political messaging and economic critique.<\/p>\n<p>In their separate remarks, Atiku and El-Rufai lambasted President Tinubu\u2019s economic policies, accusing his administration of deliberately \u201cweaponizing poverty\u201d through subsidy removals, inflationary pressure, and what they described as anti-people fiscal measures.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi, the birthday celebrant, echoed their sentiments, criticizing the federal government\u2019s economic direction and aligning himself with growing opposition voices calling for change.<\/p>\n<p>The gathering attracted prominent figures, including Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, who lent intellectual weight to the emerging movement.<\/p>\n<p>Former Bayelsa Governor Senator Seriake Dickson offered a word of caution, urging the coalition leaders to prioritize national unity and responsible political engagement as they regroup for 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance, though unofficial, marks a potential political shake-up.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku, El-Rufai, and Amaechi were pivotal to the 2015 merger that dislodged the then-ruling People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP); a feat that installed the All Progressives Congress (APC). Now, a decade later, they appear ready to turn against the system they once built.<\/p>\n<p>With the 2027 general elections on the horizon, their renewed alliance signals a turbulent season ahead in Nigerian politics and a possible rematch with the political establishment under Tinubu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Nigeria\u2019s 2027 presidential race is gathering steam as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and former Transportation Minister and Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi have unveiled plans to lead a new political coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The trio made their intentions clear during a high-powered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":67019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67018","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\/67018","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67020,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67018\/revisions\/67020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}