
Omoyele Sowore, convener of the Take-It-Back Movement, has firmly ruled out joining any planned coalition between former presidential candidates Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
Sowore also made it clear that he has no intention of joining the Social Democratic Party (SDP) ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Speaking on Arise TV’s Politics Today, Sowore said he would not align with Atiku and Obi, emphasizing that his only interest lies in forming a coalition of the oppressed.
He said: “I’m not joining any coalition, the coalition that they joined in 2013 and 2015 is what brought about the APC, so joining another coalition in 2025 is doing the same thing all over again without thinking of achieving the same set of results.
“The coalition that needs to be built is that of the oppressed, joining another coalition that is made up of the same people who were the ones that created the coalition that ruined Nigeria, it’s an injustice and an injury to the people of Nigeria.
“So you can never see me in their coalition and I will never be part of it, I’m not joining the SDP, I’m not part of those playing chess with the destiny of Nigerians.”
Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai have formed a coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
Atiku made this known during a press conference held by Concerned Leaders and Political Stakeholders in Nigeria.