Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has reportedly offered Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the vice presidential position in a proposed single-term coalition ticket ahead of the 2027 general elections.
According to The PUNCH, the offer was made during a private meeting between Atiku and Obi in the United Kingdom earlier this year.
Atiku is said to have promised Obi that he would serve only one term and hand over power to him afterwards.
“Atiku and Obi met earlier this year in the UK. That was where Atiku first mooted the idea of a coalition and urged Obi to be his running mate. Obi then asked for time to think it over and consult his loyalists,” one source disclosed this.
Another insider confirmed, “But recent developments show that Obi has accepted to be Atiku’s running mate, and Atiku has also agreed to serve a single four-year term and hand over to the former Anambra State governor.
“They have both agreed to sign a written agreement if necessary. Obi is trying to get the buy-in of his loyalists before this is formally announced.”
The proposed alliance has rekindled memories of the 2019 presidential election, when Obi was Atiku’s running mate under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The pair lost that election to former President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
