Former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Hon Farouk Adamu Aliyu has dismissed the proposed merger of political parties with the main aim of unseating President Bola Tinubu in 2027 as\u00a0 “dead on arrival project.”<\/p>\n
Speaking on Monday in an interview on Africa Independent Television(AIT), Farouk dismissed the insinuations that the North has rejected Tinubu or that former President Buhari never supported the present president in 2023.<\/p>\n
His words; \u201cMy first reaction when I heard there could be a merger of political parties with the sole aim of unseating the President was laughter. I\u2019m still laughing actually. It is a huge joke. While I agree that it is their right to dream big, I think they themselves know they are jokers. How can you unseat a President that is working and getting results?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe merger which unseated the PDP was meticulously planned for years and deftly executed.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore that coalition, the then Action Congress (AC)and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) especially , were active opposition parties. The opposition was vibrant and put the government of Jonathan constantly on its toes. When the merger came, the All Progressive Congress (APC) came to life. We provide alternative to Nigerians . We provided sane and better policies to Nigerians. Whatever the government of the day did wrong got corrected by us. We outlined our alternatives and Nigerians trusted us. The new party began to fester.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, the opposition parties are sleeping. They have no knowhow . They think it is easy to form a coalition to unseat a performing government?<\/p>\n
Look, you think we will sit and watch them succeed? Apc won\u2019t do that! We will not even allow them gather. We will continue to \u201cpour sand in their garri\u201d . They will not succeed\u201d<\/p>\n
On wether former former President Buhari was for against Tinubu, Farouk said; \u201cI wonder why some of you keep saying former President Buhari never supported Tinubu. It is not true. He got the needed support from day one. The idea of Senator Ahmed Lawan was that of the then Party Chairman Abdullahi Adamu and a few others. President Buhari was and still remains a stunch supporter of President Tinubu\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked how he felt when Nasir El-rufai, Atiku Abubakar and others visited Buhari in Kaduna, he laughed and said they were restless souls who were already indirectly campaigning for President Tinubu.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey know President Buhari and Tinubu are prominent members of the APC. They know it was Buhari who handed over to Tinubu. Is it not laughable to think that Buhari will suddenly support those who are interested in taking Tinubu out of Aso Rock? Who does that? They are wasting their time. They\u2019re not wise enough to know that they\u2019re already , actually campaigning for the president.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you say the North is fed up with the president, I dare to ask you, which North? The North I know is solidly behind the president. Very few people have left and now working against him. I\u2019m a grassroot man. A Fulani herder. I want to tell you that the President will get more votes from the North in 2027\u201d<\/p>\n
Farouk advised the opposition to unite and provide alternative views and policies to Nigerians instead of wasting their time planning what cannot be. According to him, the return of Tinubu as second term president is as sure as tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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