02/09/2026
G-100: Opposition parties offer 4-year single term to stop Tinubu, Yet to announce sole candidate
Atiku, Obi, Makinde absent at summit
Presidential candidates of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; his counterparts in the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr. Peter Obi; and Allied Peoples Movement APM and governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, were absent as leaders of Nigeria’s six main opposition political parties converged in Abuja, yesterday, to firm-up coalition arrangements to beat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 polls.
Although the three heavyweights were absent, the opposition summit was not short of presidential and vice-presidential candidates, with Prince Adewole Adebayo of the SDP, Donald Duke of Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, and the Allied Peoples Movement’s, APM, vice presidential candidate, Lawal Musa Daura, attending alongside National Working Committee, NWC, and some Board of Trustees, BoT, members of the participating parties.
However, efforts to get the Presidency to react to the summit, proved abortive as presidential spokespersons could not be reached for comments.
Single four-year transition term
In his opening remarks delivered on behalf of the G-100, Mallam Salihu Lukman, proposed a Government of National Competence, GNC, anchored on a single four-year transition term, describing it as central to the broader framework being canvassed for opposition cooperation.
“The framework before you proposes something more demanding than a merger of ambitions: a Government of National Competence, built on competence, integrity, national inclusion, and fair representation of every party that contributes to the effort,” he said.
He added that such a government should be “secured by a political commitment to a single four-year term, written into an enforceable transition charter.”
As EDEY HOT TV
