Politics
Kwankwaso in Talks With Atiku, Peter Obi to Join ADC Coalition
Former Kano State Governor and leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is reportedly considering a political alliance with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Although Kwankwaso’s political structure appears to be gravitating towards the All Progressives Congress (APC), he is said to be in discussions with the ADC over a possible coalition, alongside members of the Kwankwasiyya movement, his core support base.
Sources revealed that discreet negotiations are already underway as the political heavyweights explore the formation of a united opposition front ahead of the 2027 general elections.
This comes amid strong indications that Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, the only NNPP-controlled governor, is set to defect to the APC on Monday.
Governor Yusuf’s planned defection has reportedly been opposed by Kwankwaso and has triggered sharp divisions within the Kwankwasiyya movement.
Sources close to the Kano governor disclosed that Vice President Kashim Shettima; APC National Chairman, Yitwalda Nentawe; former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje; and the party’s state chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, are expected to attend a brief ceremony marking Yusuf’s defection to the ruling party in Abuja.
If the talks involving Atiku, Obi and Kwankwaso succeed, analysts believe the alliance could significantly reshape opposition politics and alter Nigeria’s political calculations ahead of 2027.
Atiku, Obi and Kwankwaso finished second, third and fourth respectively in the 2023 presidential election.
While the ruling APC currently boasts the support of 28 state governors, opposition figures are quietly regrouping, banking on widespread public dissatisfaction to tilt the balance of power.
Peter Obi recently defected to the ADC alongside his supporters, opposition leaders, and several National and State Assembly lawmakers. He has joined prominent figures including Atiku Abubakar, David Mark, Aminu Tambuwal, Emeka Ihedioha, Rauf Aregbesola, Nasir El-Rufai, Rotimi Amaechi and Abubakar Malami in the race for the 2027 elections.
An ADC chieftain, Dr Ladan Salihu, said Obi’s defection has transformed the opposition landscape and positioned the party as a serious challenger to the APC.
Meanwhile, the APC further strengthened its grip on power as Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, formally defected to the ruling party on Friday.
Also on Friday, the PDP stated that while its immediate priority remains resolving leadership-related legal issues, opposition parties must ultimately work together to unseat the ruling party.
Edo North senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has playfully called out Senate President Godswill Akpabio for breaching truce over ‘massaging women’s legs’ comment.
At plenary on Thursday, Oshiomhole said he signed a truce of no more hostilities, stating that Akpabio breached the agreement by reverting to previous matters.
DAILY POST reports that Akpabio had mocked Oshiomhole over the viral video allegedly showing him massaging a woman’s leg aboard a private jet.
The Senate President stated that the Senate initially ignored the footage because it was suspected to have been generated using artificial intelligence, AI.
Recall that a video which surfaced on X on February 3, 2026, sparked widespread reactions after it allegedly showed the former Edo State governor massaging a woman’s leg inside a private jet, days later the lawmaker debunked the video stating that it was AI.
Joking over it at the plenary, Oshiomhole said, “I want to report to this house that the senate president and I we signed a truce of no more hostilities and senate president breach the truce by reverting to previous matter, the truce stands, you should not violate, I will not violate.”
Responding, Akpabio said, “Let me first of all apologize to Oshiomhole if whatever I said could in any way injure him or feel offended.”
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Members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, have taken over the secretariat of the party in Oyo State.
The secretariat, located in the Molete area of Ibadan, was in the custody of the faction loyal to Governor Seyi Makinde of the state until Thursday when the members loyal to Wike took over the premises.
DAILY POST gathered that the PDP members stormed the secretariat on Thursday and occupied the premises with hundreds of members of the party in attendance.
PDP chairman in the state, Professor Abdulrahman Akinoso, confirmed the development to DAILY POST.
Akinoso in a telephone conversation with DAILY POST on Thursday, insisted that the real owners have taken over the premises.
He said, “It is true. It is not faction. It is PDP. We have taken over the premises. It was in the morning. We were there in the morning. We just left the premises. We are now in control. We have taken over the premises.” .…For more, Complete your reading.
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