By our reporter
Moving to tie up all loose ends in the bid to remove President Bola Tinubu from office next year, the Tinubu Must Go (TMG) nationwide community citizen-led movement has fixed Thursday, 24 September, for an internal consultation over a single opposition candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
The TMG, therefore, pleaded with presidential candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Atiku Abubakar; National Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Obi; the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) Seyi Makinde and the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore, to set aside their differences and offer a single, viable candidate for the election.
Convener of the group, Abba Hikima Esq, said they were ready to lead a delegation to meet with the candidates to formally present this appeal and discuss practical steps for advancing the dialogue.
“We respectfully urge Your Excellency to initiate and engage in high-level discussions with other leading opposition candidates to identify a mutually acceptable common ground,” he said in the copies of the letters individually addressed to the candidates.
“Political dynamics evolve rapidly as elections approach; consequently, the door to dialogue, compromise, and strategic alliance must remain open to the very end,” the group pleaded.
Re-echoing the data of worsening socioeconomic conditions in the country, TMG said the situation requires broader consideration of the national interest to arrest the widespread insecurity and human cost, economic strain and inflation, poverty and unemployment in the North and South.
“Our primary appeal is simple: that the leading opposition candidates meet, engage in good faith, and explore every reasonable compromise capable of producing a single, consensus presidential candidate.
“We do not presume to dictate who should lead, who should concede, or what specific power-sharing arrangement should emerge.
“We firmly believe those decisions are best resolved through direct, high-level dialogue among the leaders themselves,” he added.
*PHOTO CAPTION: Ranged against Tinubu (left) are Makinde (2nd left); Obi (m); Atiku (2nd right); and Sowore (right).
