Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Honourable Yekini Nabena, has said that the party was not rattled by certain opposition parties’ merger/coalition talks in the country.
Former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El Rufai and certain APC chieftains have been holding closed-door consultations with the Social Democratic Party leadership.
The former Kaduna State Governor has kept sealed lips on the motive of his meetings with the national leadership of the SDP, fuelling speculations that Mallam Nasir El- Rufai was in the vanguard of coalition talks ahead next general elections.
In the same vein, former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar declared at the weekend that a coalition of opposition parties stands the chance of dislodging the APC.
Nabena in a statement on Tuesday said the achievements of the present administration would put it in good stead to secure a fresh mandate in 2027.
“Again, we must also tell the plotters of the mega party and those who are thinking of merging that we are not afraid of any.
“The 2027 presidential election will come and go, but the President will remain in the South, and President Bola Tinubu, by God’s grace, will continue his good job. I am so hopeful that even before the next election, the results of the ongoing reforms will be evidenced even to the blind, and those plotting mega parties or mergers will not have an option other than to accept defeat before the election.
“For now, former governor Nasir El-rufai can go ahead with his idea of mega party but we are also waiting for them. A state Malam El-rufai left as a governor less than a year ago can no longer pay salaries.
So, some of these remarkable marks shall speak against them at the appropriate time, but I think the time has come for the evil ones to be exposed, and I believe the Almighty God will expose them more, and He will fight our fight, and definitely victory shall be ours.”
He further called on Nigerians to support the present administration, submitting that the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, from the North, enjoyed an eight-year mandate.
“If former President Muhammadu Buhari could complete his eight years in office, by the grace of God Almighty, the incumbent President Bola Tinubu will do the same. Not even the talk of a mega party or merger can stop him. The South must also complete the eight-year political arrangement, and President Bola Tinubu will do that for the South.
“The South will not fight each other again for the other region to benefit. The era of division in Southern Nigeria is gone for good. The Almighty God will perfect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s health and grant him wisdom to take the country to the promised land.
“The same goes to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, by God’s grace, he will also complete his term as the Chairman of the National Assembly in ground style, no threat, no blackmail or political machination will do otherwise.
“It must be placed on record that we Nigerians from the South are satisfied with the level of representation we are getting from our distinguished representatives in the National Assembly and we have passed a vote of confidence on them for standing tall.”
