2027: Shekarau backs coalition to unseat Tinubu

The League of Northern Democrats, LND, led by a former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has agreed to support the national opposition coalition seeking to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

The group, which consists of eminent political leaders, scholars and businessmen from the Northern region, disclosed this in a communique issue after its meeting on Thursday.

The communique was read by one of the conveners, Umar Ardo.

The league also resolved to engage the 19 Northern governors over the terrible security and economic situation in the region.

The communique read: “The League of Northern Democrats held a meeting chaired by its chairman, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, with 147 members attending. After intensive discussions the following resolutions were adopted.

“We approved our constitution and minutes of previous meetings and directed the legal adviser to conclude the process of the registration of LND as an association; we approved the leadership of the LND as attached; we resolved to support the National Opposition Coalition Group chaired by Senator President David Mark in driving the transitional politics towards the 2027 general elections;

“We resolved to contribute in the dialogue on either registering a new political party or fuse into an existing one.

“We resolved that our first option is to register a new party in order to accommodate many independent members of the larger established political parties who currently feel reluctant to move into a smaller party but who are willing to move out to form a new party,” the group said.

Mr Ardo also revealed on the alternative, it would fuse into an existing party as a primary and necessary alternative.

“We resolve to mobilise Northern Nigerians to pressure the government, particularly the National Assembly leadership, to uphold the provisions of the constitution which they swore to do.

“To this end, we resolve to mobilise Nigerians to a civil resistance against the leaderships of NASS to force them to declare the seats of all the legislators in Delta and Kebbi states who cross carpeted to other political parties as stipulated by sections of the constitution,” the organisation added.

“We resolved to engage the 19 Northern governors on their seeming inertia to the terrible situation in the North – endemic poverty, state of destitution of our people, insecurity, unemployment, and the appalling economic crisis in the region, which we concluded is as a result of poor governance at the state and local government levels,” the league explained.