COALITION: BISI AKANDE WARNS NIGERIANS, “IF YOU VOTE PDP IN 2027, YOU WILL RETURN TO SUFFERING”

Babatunji Wusu –

Nigerians have been advised by Bisi Akande, a founding member of Afenifere, not to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in their election to restore government in 2027.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday in Ila Orangun, Osun State, as part of events honoring his 85th birthday, Akande warned that if the main opposition party were to take back power, Nigerians would find themselves in a more challenging scenario.

The PDP presidential contender, Atiku Abubakar, had suggested that the All Progressives Congress’s groundbreaking interim chairman establish a coalition with the goal of unseating the incumbent federal party in the upcoming general election.

According to him, Nigerians would not get relief from their current situation from the proposed alliance.

The elder statesman claims that the harm done to Nigerians between 1960 and 2015 is the cause of their current issues.

He said, “If PDP was rejected and the same PDP coalesced again and people say, okay we will go back to it, the people will go back to their suffering. PDP was defeated because it had no clue.

“APC comes, it inherited a very difficult, weak, and dilapidated political and economic foundation called Nigeria. In driving, you are driving and suddenly, maybe something happens in front and you have to turn. Whether you do it by U-turn or you do it another way, there will be screeches.

“Those are the screeches you are seeing now in repairing damages that have been done over the years. We are talking of damages done from 1960 to 2015 and no matter what, Buhari too was not perfect.”