By Godwin Akomah
Former House of Representatives member, Hon Greg Egu, says former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party ex – presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, will defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 if the two opposition politicians shelved their differences to unite and run again on a joint ticket.
Egu, a former member of the House of Representatives between 1999 and 2003, expressed the confidence that the recombination of Atiku and Obi for the 2027 presidential election will cause an upstage.
He spoke while addressing reporters at his Umuohiagu country home in the Ngor Okpala local government area of Imo State.
He stressed that the reunion of Atiku and Obi on the same team will not just rattle other political parties but also knock them off.
“Atiku and Obi should go and figure themselves out, because if they combine, they will cause an upstage rather than contest separately,” he said.
Egu lamented decried the manner of the country’s politics which he claimed had shifted from quality of character and credibility to financial chest.
“Elections are being rigged and people appointed into positions as against elected. If something doesn’t happen, Nigeria is doomed. The truth is I feel sorry for all of us. It doesn’t matter how much your people love you or how you campaigned.
“People like me won’t contest elections now because you can’t earn your money through the hard way, work hard to campaign, only for someone to mess you up using the system.
“Credibility, character of persons don’t matter anymore to the political class. Party members don’t care about development of the people and communities, they just want to fill their pockets. I believe we should weigh people by their character and not financial chest,” Egu said.
The Daily Crucible reports that since the defeat of Atiku and Obi by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election, where the two main opposition candidates scored over six million votes each in the election while Bola Tinubu garnered over eight million votes, there have been calls for the to reunite ahead of 2027.
The believe is that the combination will sack Tinubu in 2027 if he runs again but there is no prospect of the envisaged reunion between Atiku and Obi happening soon.
