Omoyele Sowore, the organizer of the Take-it-Back Movement, has sworn never to join the planned alliance between Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar, the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.
This came just before the 2027 presidential election, when Sowore swore he would never join the Social Democratic Party, or SDP.
When asked if he will form a coalition with Atiku and Obi on Arise TV’s Politics Today, he revealed this.
Sowore stated that he would only join the oppressed people’s coalition.
He said: “I’m not joining any coalition, the coalition that they joined in 2013 and 2015 is what brought about the APC, so joining another coalition in 2025 is doing the same thing all over again without thinking of achieving the same set of results.
“The coalition that needs to be built is that of the oppressed, joining another coalition that is made up of the same people who were the ones that created the coalition that ruined Nigeria, it’s an injustice and an injury to the people of Nigeria.
“So you can never see me in their coalition and I will never be part of it, I’m not joining the SDP, I’m not part of those playing chess with the destiny of Nigerians.”
The goal of the coalition created by Atiku, Obi, and Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, was to overthrow President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
Atiku made this revelation at a news conference organized by Nigerian political stakeholders and concerned leaders.
By blatantly subverting the principles of federalism, democracy, and constitutional governance, Atiku cautioned the government against allowing personal political interests and the desire to maintain power at all costs to plunge the nation into inevitable chaos. He added that this is not just about Rivers State but also about the future of Nigerian democracy.
