In a major political development, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai have reportedly aligned to form a new opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Credible sources disclosed that the trio held a closed-door meeting on Tuesday night, where they resolved to use the ADC as the official platform for their collaboration ahead of the next political cycle.
A source who was present at the meeting but asked not to be named confirmed the agreement.
The source said: “They have adopted the African Democratic Party as the coalition party, all of them (Atiku, Obi, El-Rufai) are working together.”
“They came to the conclusion at a meeting last night, which lasted up till the early hours of this morning. You know politicians meet when we are asleep.”
According to the source, critical structures are already being put in place to formalize the alliance.
“All the leaders and stakeholders of the coalition were there, they set up committees to dot the Is and cross the Ts while preparing the way for the eventual public unveiling of the coalition.”
“But effectively, as we speak, the coalition has been born, the conclusion meeting took place.”
Although an official date for the public announcement has not been fixed, the source assured that it would happen soon.
“There is none for now, but it will be sooner than later, very soon,” the source added.
