Atiku Meets Tambuwal, Malami, Says Coalition Ready To Resist Tinubu’s “Emerging Dictatorship”
Atiku Meets Tambuwal, Malami, Says Coalition Ready To Resist Tinubu’s “Emerging Dictatorship”
Atiku Meets Tambuwal, Malami, Says Coalition Ready To Resist Tinubu’s “Emerging Dictatorship”
Atiku disclosed that he held a meeting with former Sokoto State governor, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and immediate past Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN).
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to resist what he described as the “anti-democratic forces” of President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration, warning that Nigeria’s democracy faces an existential threat.
In a statement, Atiku disclosed that he held a meeting with former Sokoto State governor, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and immediate past Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN).
He said the talks centred on strengthening a coalition to confront the ruling regime.
“We will be unrelenting in defending the rights of every Nigerian being harassed by anti-democratic forces of the Tinubu-led APC administration,” Atiku declared.
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“The coalition that we are pushing is aimed at rescuing our democracy from the stranglehold of this emerging dictatorship. We shall be deliberate in joining hands in saving our democracy.”
His remarks come against the backdrop of growing anger over Tinubu’s economic policies, controversial security crackdowns, and mounting concerns about shrinking civic freedoms.
Political analysts say the meeting between Atiku, Tambuwal, and Malami is an early signal of a broader opposition alliance across political divides ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Atiku, who lost to Tinubu in the disputed 2023 presidential election, has remained a vocal critic of the government.
He recently accused the administration of weaponising state institutions to silence dissent and failing to address worsening economic hardship.
The push for a united opposition gained traction in July when the African Democratic Congress (ADC) was formally adopted by the National Coalition of Political Opposition Movement at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.
Those in attendance at the unveiling included Atiku himself, former governors Jibrilla Bindow, Emeka Ihedioha, Rotimi Amaechi, Aminu Tambuwal, and Rauf Aregbesola; Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi; former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai; ex-AGF Abubakar Malami; former APC chairman John Oyegun; Senators Ireti Kingibe and Victor Umeh; as well as former minister Solomon Dalung, media publisher Dele Momodu, and former senator Gabriel Suswam.
David Mark, a former Senate president, led other coalition members into the event, which many observers described as the clearest indication yet of a realignment of political forces against the APC ahead of 2027.
The ADC is being positioned as the adopted platform for the new opposition coalition, which its conveners say will serve as a rallying point for Nigerians seeking an alternative to Tinubu’s APC.
