Former President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria and 2023 presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has said opposition parties lost the last election because they failed to unite against the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In an interview with The Sun, Ohuabunwa argued that if PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and New Nigeria Peoples Party’s Rabiu Kwankwaso had formed a coalition in 2023, President Bola Tinubu would not have emerged winner.
“Look at the votes Obi, Atiku and Kwankwaso got in the 2023 presidential election – those votes nearly doubled that of President Tinubu. It’s very possible for them to unseat the APC, but the question is whether they are really serious to do so and whether the ruling party would give them the space to thrive,” he said.
Ohuabunwa maintained that the exit of Obi, Kwankwaso, and their supporters from the PDP weakened the opposition and cleared the path for Tinubu’s victory.
He urged the three politicians to join forces ahead of 2027, insisting that only a united front could challenge the APC.
“But if they succeed, they can. They can unseat this government, unless there’s no free and fair election. They have a chance of unseating this government. After all this was how the APC came to power – there was a coalition bringing together the ANPP, the ACN and the CPC,” he added.
