In a recent report on Voice TV, The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has poured cold water on the prospects of a viable political coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, citing a lack of leadership capacity and cohesion among major opposition figures.
Speaking on the potential for a unified front among Nigeria’s opposition parties, Abure argued that the groundwork for such an alliance should already be evident if it were to succeed.
He said, “I believe that we have explained very clearly why a coalition for 2027 will not work. You may think that you have a lot of time, but I believe that by the end of this year, INEC will release its guidelines or timetable for the 2027 general election. If a coalition was going to work, we should be seeing signs of it by now.”
He sharply criticized the leading aspirants in the current political landscape, questioning their competence and ability to lead such a broad-based movement.
“The dominant character in the political scene that people want to build an alliance around has no capacity, has no character, has no competence to drive the process of a coalition,” he said.
Abure provided a pointed example, arguing that any leader who struggles to unify their own party is unfit to lead a broader political merger.
“Leaders who cannot unite their own party just one party cannot be unifiers. How can they drive a process that brings all other political parties together? A coalition implies conceding your identity, submitting your party certificate, conceding your leadership, and subsuming into a new party,” he explained.
The Labour Party chairman questioned whether any current opposition figure possesses the political influence needed to bring together the likes of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party under a single banner.
“Tell me today: which of the dominant aspirants has that clout, has that capacity to bring the PDP and Labour Party together and say, ‘Let’s collapse and move as one,’ when they can’t even unite their own party?” he asked.
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