A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Honourable Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, on Sunday told former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that his coalition against President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in the 2027 general elections will fail.

Oyintiloye, who hitherto represented Obokun State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, also described the alignment of forces by some opposition leaders, spearheaded by Atiku, aimed at scuttling Tinubu’s second term, as a failed project.

In a statement issued in Osogbo, Osun State capital, the former lawmaker advised the opposition figures, including
Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2023 presidential poll, his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, and others not to waste their resources on the already failed project.

Oyintiloye recalled that over the last 27 years, the Nigerian political landscape had witnessed numerous attempts at coalition-building, often driven by a desire to consolidate power and challenge dominant parties, noting that “history has consistently shown that these coalitions rarely succeed.”
“Forming a successful alliance in Nigeria requires more than just shared opposition. It demands unity, strategic compromise, and long-term cohesion. The motives must be altruistic, not parochial, not selfish, and it must embrace the management of peace and conflict, which are very paramount and essential.

“But critically looking at the ongoing coalition against the president, those involved are only interested in using the platform to revive their failing political careers,” Oyintiloye posited.

Describing the coalition as a mere gathering of aggrieved opposition leaders, he further argued that their motive was not in any way for the benefit of Nigerians, but rather for their personal gains.
“The questions Nigerians should ask these coalition leaders is: why forming a coalition against President Bola Tinubu? If they are the ones in power, can they do anything better than what the president is doing?

“But because of their greed, hatred for the president, and the desperation to clinch power by all means, they are now running from pillar to post. If the present administration had engaged and patronised some of these personalities with juicy appointments, they would be on the front line singing and praising the same government they are castigating now,” Oyintiloye remarked.