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AIT Weekend Show: Faduri Oluwadare Speaks on 2027 Elections and the recent Selfish Coalition of politicians in ADC

Published by Tope Fakinlede on July 5th, 2025.

AIT Weekend Show: Faduri Oluwadare Speaks on 2027 Elections and the recent Selfish Coalition of politicians in ADC

On Saturday, July 5, 2025, Faduri Oluwadare Joseph, a former Labour Party presidential aspirant and the founder of the Global Rescue Movement for New Nigeria, joined the AIT Weekend Show virtually. The program, titled 2027 Election and Present Realities, was anchored by Andy Madaki and Tender Chemielu. The discussion revolved around the dynamics of the upcoming 2027 general elections, recent political coalition, and the mood of the Nigerian electorate.

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Faduri Oluwadare began his remarks by commending the vibrant youth in the studio, particularly the National Youth Leader of the Labour Party, whom he applauded for presenting empirical facts during the discussion.

Addressing the recent coalition of politicians aligning with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Faduri expressed strong reservations about the motives behind such political movements. He stated:

> “When you look about the antecedents of people coming together to form coalition, they are not coming together because they care for Nigeria, they are not coming together because it’s now they realize we are in wrong path, these are people that we known well, that they were the people that brought Nigeria to the mess, where President Bola Tinubu picked it up and destroy it more. So if a man has a good principle and an ideology, he doesn’t need to sit with them, nor join them nor do things with them. I said a month ago that the 2027 election is going to be an election about the selfish politician and the people. Even when there is no good thing coming from the APC, we still have politicians defecting to the APC. They can defect as they want, the 2027 election will be decided by 200 million Nigerians, not those minorities playing politics up and down by defecting. Nigerians are aware of what’s going on in governance. Nigerians are now wiser; our people are going to the point of enough is enough. Their coalition is not going to work because I don’t think Nigerians are going to buy in. People joining the coalition in the first place have no clear ideology. People join Atiku Abubakar, El-Rufai and others, we know their antecedents. They don’t care about Nigerians; they are doing it because they are not in power and want to come back to power. What Nigerians need in 2027 is not ageing politicians who want to come back to governance, but genuine leaders who want to make our nation great again. So that’s where I’m having a problem with the coalition. And to see Peter Obi with them is very disappointing, but not that disappointing to me, because I know Peter Obi more than the people who are supporting him. Nigerians want a true change. Some people felt that they could see that change in him. I would have wanted Peter Obi to stay in the Labour Party, let us move the party together. But if he cannot do that, in running to the coalition, what will happen tomorrow, if the coalition also crashes, he will go and look for another political party. He allowed the Labour party to go into disarray with many factions, and nothing good is happening. What of the competence and capacity of the man Peter Obi claimed, I’m not sure Nigerians will follow him to ADC. This election is not going to be determined by these politicians, Nigerians will decide it.”

Faduri was also asked by Tender Chemielu to comment on the resignation of former APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, amid circulating claims that his exit was part of a broader political strategy to pave the way for NNPP’s Rabiu Kwankwaso to join the APC and secure a ticket. Reacting to the development, Faduri said it was purely driven by self-serving political interests:

> “It’s for their selfish political calculations,” he said, asserting that no matter how politically strong Rabiu Kwankwaso may appear, “the only calculation that will work in the forthcoming election is the calculation of Nigerians, not selfish and underperformed politicians.”