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Aggrieved APC governors open talks with Atiku ahead of 2027 elections

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Aggrieved APC governors open talks with Atiku ahead of 2027 elections
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Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory ‘s Rainbow Coalition is opening a new front in the 2027 political contest, with some aggrieved governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) quietly exploring contacts with Atiku Abubakar, former vice president and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate.

Top sources confided in our correspondent on Tuesday that the major source of concern among some APC governors is the fear that Wike’s Rainbow Coalition could challenge their political influence at the governorship and legislative elections in 2027.

One of the promoters of the Tinubu Continuity Project in Northern Nigeria told our correspondent on Tuesday that some aggrieved APC governors were already in talks with the opposition candidate.

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