2027: Fears mount Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso may play into Tinubu’s hands again

With less than nine months to the 2027 presidential elections, divisions within Nigeria's opposition coalition are deepening, reviving memories of the 2023 elections. Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso recently left the African Democratic Congress for the National Democratic Congress, complicating efforts to build a broad anti-APC coalition. Opposition supporters fear that history may repeat itself as competing ambitions and distrust continue to undermine unity.