….says Coalition Against Tinubu Bound To Fail
The South West Zonal meeting of The Alternative, a political movement promoted by Otunba Segun Sowunmi, a Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, aiming to secure political power in the 2027 general elections, was held in Abeokuta on Thursday.
The meeting which has in attendance politicians, artisans, market men and women and other interests groups was held at the popular DLK events center, Abeokuta.
Speaking on the 2027 Coalition led by Senator David Mark, Otunba Showunmi stated that the coalition lacked the capacity to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 and Nigerians should rather not give them any befitting attention.
The PDP leader also declared that the people should also not forget that the country operates on principle such that when the pendulum of power swings to the north for eight years, it comes back and stays in the south for another eight years
He added that he has never been convinced of how the new ADC coalition being led by the former Senate President, David Mark and former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola could change this order in 2027.
His words, “Can’t you see the kind of people calling themselves coalition now? People who at every election season it must be about them and the Quran and the Bible is very clear. God will not give you what he will not give you and man will not give you what God has not given you.
“You can not be using your inordinate ambition to disturb the country up and down. The ADC as a party has been there for some time, some of our people are have been there .
“Yet today they have left their own party and rushed into another party and if they had gone in there quietly like decent people, may be one one would have respected them but they are coming in with their destructive attitude which they had used to destroy their former parties.
“They are just puffing and behaving as if the party are without people before they join, who will follow these people? In any case, where is the evidence of the development that they have done in all the places that they had been given responsibilities?”.
Showunmi stated further rather than those forming coalition to stay in their respective parties and fix whatever the challenges may be, they have decided to embark on a merry-go-round that will fetch them nothing in 2027 elections.
He explained that these people should also not forget that “We run this country on a pendulum, when power goes to the north and stays 8 years, it comes back to the south and stay eight years as well.
“We don’t believe that a Yoruba man should be doing four years stretch and another Yoruba man will also be teaming up with some group for the other part of the country to do 12 years. And if they are looking for someone in the opposition who can make a dent I can easily tell them but certainly not this coalition”.
He added that in as much as he would not condone any form of mis governance but the administration of President Tinubu just clocked two years and that he would not stand by and allow some gang up that will not allow the president work with peace of mind.
Showunmi said that “the administration of President Bola Tinubu has just clocked two years, I don’t have time to pamper people when I needed to criticize, I do without hesitation but I will also not stand by and be interested in some people or system that will not allow leaders to have the peace of mind to work.
“He still have two more years to spend, by third year may be we shall take our decision but in the meantime, we may not know who can defeat him but we know that these ones (the coalition) can’t do anything”.
Showunmi also hinted his followers to give him three months to also tour the the 36 states after which he might come back to announce their next line of move politically.
He disclosed that the alternative is a movement that is more interested in reorientating Nigerians on how they must begin to cultivate positive attitude towards political participation, particularly the electoral process.
The PDP leader said that”we are saying that our people must shun voter apathy, they must always come out to vote during election, they must also shun the terrible attitude of vote buying, it is evil and will never allow us to have good governance.
“We are also saying that we must love one another as a nation, the alternative is a platform for everyone, it is about seeking what is good, a new order for a country that we can all be proud of”
The National Publicity of the Labour Party, Comrade Abayomi Arabambi while speaking at the event declared that the arrowheads of the coalition party are failed leaders who are only trying to recycle themselves.
Arabambi said that the current administration of President Tinubu inherited an economy on life support, a security architecture in tatters, and infrastructure crumbling under decades of neglect.
He stated that while President Tinubu is working tirelessly to stabilise the patient, the very physicians who poisoned the nation now return with new prescriptions saying that this could only happen in Nigeria
Arabambi said that “it is not that The Alternative Movement is opposed to coalition politics but such coalition must be built with genuine progressive alliances that can move the nation forward and not this one being driven by failures
“What we reject – what every sane Nigerian must reject – is the repackaging of certified failures as reformers. I call on all Nigerians too to reject them, it is a coalition of failures”.
