A key figure in the emerging coalition of opposition parties, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that the coalition does not need the backing of governors to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
Speaking during a media chat with journalists in Kano yesterday, the former Kaduna State governor — who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) — said the coalition’s strategy is focused on mobilising voters directly, not courting political officeholders.
“We are trying to offer Nigerians a real alternative — something different from what they have seen before,” El-Rufai said.
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“A governor has only one vote. Nigerians have many more votes than one governor or even 36 governors combined,” he added.
