The Presidency has downplayed the efforts of opposition coalition leaders to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.

The Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication, Daniel Bwala, on Thursday, during an appearance as a guest on Channels Television’s Morning Brief, said former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; former Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai; and a former Rivers governor, Rotimi Amaechi, do not have the political weight to defeat Tinubu in the next polls.

He described them as internally displaced politicians seeking relevance, stating that they had no vision for the country.

“They are just an association of wild goose chasers, consisting of internally displaced politicians forming a dead on arrival party. They are politicians seeking relevance, and they do not have any vision for the country,” he said.

Recall that Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, former governors Rauf Aregbesola, Osun, and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, among other political heavyweights, recently formed a coalition to unseat Tinubu in 2027.

Obi explained that he joined the opposition coalition to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 general elections.

In a post on his official X handle on Thursday, he said that no one group could change Nigeria alone, adding that to dismantle the APC, bridges must be built even when they are uneasy.

According to him, members of the coalition are committed to working together towards the next election cycle.

He wrote, “Yesterday, the coalition members formally adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, for the 2027 Nigeria general elections with distinguished Senator David Mark serving as the National Chairman and H.E. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola serving as the National Secretary.

“Our commitment is to sacrifice and work together towards the 2027 general elections, ensuring that Nigeria gets a competent, capable, and compassionate leadership that will prioritise the country’s future by putting the welfare of Nigerians first.

“This decision was not made lightly. It comes from a deep reflection on where we are as a nation and what must be done to move forward.

“No one group can change Nigeria alone. To dismantle the structures that keep our people in poverty and insecurity, we must build bridges, not walls, even when those bridges are uneasy.”

2027 Coalition: They’re ‘internally displaced politicians’ – Presidency mocks