A former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has claimed that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is preparing to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Okowa was Atiku’s running mate on the PDP ticket during the 2023 presidential election.
However, Okowa defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, last week.
Speaking on Arise News on Tuesday, he was asked about his communication with Atiku before he departed from PDP.
Okowa replied, “I actually did communicate with him that we were going to have stakeholders meetings this week (in the last week) and that it was going to be a leadership meeting and the outcome of that meeting was going to determine our next path because we were no longer comfortable with the PDP.
“And I also know that he is already heading out of the PDP from the communications he has passed on to me, and that Nigerians know already.”
On 20 March 2023, Atiku, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and others jointly announced the formation of a coalition aimed at challenging President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
The development has sparked ongoing discussions about the potential for a united opposition, with political leaders expressing a range of views.
