Monday August 25, 2025
By The NewsDESK |
A pro-Jonathan pressure group, Bring Back Our Goodluck (BBOG), has declared that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, lack the political dexterity to defeat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general election, The GUARDIAN reported.
The group argued that unless opposition leaders unite under a single candidate, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would remain unstoppable in the next polls.
Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, August 24, in Kano, the National Coordinator of BBOG, Dr. Grema Kyari, criticised what he described as the self-centered ambitions of opposition heavyweights.
He said their inability to forge a strong alliance, unlike Tinubu’s coalition that birthed the APC in 2013, would only guarantee the APC’s continued dominance.
Kyari urged Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and other opposition figures to set aside their personal ambitions and rally behind former President Goodluck Jonathan.
According to him, Jonathan remains the only credible candidate with the experience and national appeal to dislodge APC from power in 2027.
“Until and unless Atiku, Obi, Amaechi, Kwankwaso and others jettison their selfish interests and support a competent and neutral candidate, the votes will be split again in 2027 in favour of the APC,” Kyari warned.
He referenced the 2023 elections, where he said the divided votes of Atiku, Obi, and Kwankwaso handed victory to Tinubu, insisting the same mistake must not be repeated.
Kyari further appealed to Jonathan to heed what he described as the “voice of the masses” calling on him to complete his second term in office.
“We are calling on Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Peter Obi, Amaechi, Senator David Mark, Nasir El-Rufai, and Rauf Aregbesola, among others, to unite and support the comeback of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2027 to end bad governance in Nigeria,” he said.
The BBOG convener lamented what he described as worsening hunger, collapsing businesses, deepening poverty, and escalating insecurity under the current APC-led administration.
“Nigeria is bleeding economically, socially, and politically. Under Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, hardship has intensified, insecurity has worsened, and divisions have grown. Nigerians are crying out for a leader who understands the weight of power, not one experimenting with our destiny,” Kyari said.
Drawing parallels with international politics, he added that just as Americans returned Donald Trump and Ghanaians brought back John Mahama, Nigerians should return Jonathan in 2027 to “rescue the nation.”