The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has rejected the proposition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the unifying figure for the opposition ahead of the 2027 elections.
In a statement, CUPP’s National Secretary, High Chief Peter Ameh, distanced the coalition from any such move, citing past experiences and concerns about Atiku’s political ideology.
He said, “We in CUPP hereby wish to disassociate ourselves from that proposition because of the reasons mentioned hereunder.”
Listing the reasons for rejecting Atiku, the opposition national scribe said, “CUPP had worked with Atiku in the past only to realise later that we worked for a candidate who cared for himself, his ambition, and his own ambition only without giving a hoot for other coalition partners.
“It is also in the public sphere that former Vice President Atiku has severally professed his aversion for multi-party democracy. He is a fan of either one or two party systems only.”
Recall that during the 2019 general elections, over 35 political parties formed a coalition, resulting in the establishment of CUPP.
This coalition, comprising the PDP and former Vice President Atiku as its consensus presidential candidate, worked diligently in their pursuit yet faced defeat at the polls in their endeavour to secure the presidency for the former Vice President, CUPP noted.
