Supporters of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, earlier than the 2027 presidential election, accumulate begun reaching out to opposition heavyweights, including Labour Rep collectively’s Peter Obi, in a whisper to get a sizable coalition sturdy enough to wretchedness the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu.

With the APC hierarchy already backing Tinubu for re-election, and the Peoples Democratic Rep collectively (PDP) zoning its presidential imprint to the South, the 2027 contest is shaping into an all-Southern affair.

Rep collectively insiders who spoke with Main edge stated high PDP leaders, critically from the North, accumulate been mounting stress on Jonathan to throw his hat into the ring.

Sooner than Jonathan’s title resurfaced, quite quite a bit of PDP bigwigs had also courted Obi to advance to the fold after his 2022 defection to the LP, the put he emerged as presidential flagbearer.

Obi, who has remained one among the fiercest critics of the Tinubu administration, is also backing the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, which parades quite quite a bit of illustrious figures, including former Rivers Disclose governor, Rotimi Amaechi, former Senate President, David Trace, former Osun Disclose governor, Rauf Aregbesola and former Kaduna Disclose governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

Requested time and as soon as more whether or no longer he would rejoin the PDP or align with the ADC, Obi maintained that he used to be committed to “any cross that can assign the country from the APC.”

Other Southern politicians reportedly eyeing a face-off with Tinubu encompass Amaechi and Oyo Disclose Governor, Seyi Makinde.

Sources informed Main edge on Sunday that Jonathan’s camp had begun exploratory contacts with key aspirants, including Obi, urging him to step apart in give a protect shut to of the former president.

Speculations swirled last evening that Jonathan had already met Obi privately, but aides shut to the former Anambra governor pushed apart the say.

One supply insisted, “It is far factual that Jonathan’s of us desire Obi to step down for him, but Jonathan himself is yet to meet Obi. I will be succesful to hiss you that Obi is committed to his trigger of rescuing Nigeria.”

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