The Peoples Redemption Party, has Friday, affirmed that it has began discussions with another opposition party, the African Democratic Congress, on a potential merger ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The National Chairman of the PRP, Falalu Bello, made this disclosure in a joint conference with his ADC counterpart, Ralphs Nwosu, in Abuja, on Friday the nation’s capital.
FUSION CHRONICLES NIGERIA NEWSPAPER gathered that the opposition parties made the knows days after the ruling All Progressives Congress boasted that no merger of the opposition leaders, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra Governor Peter Obi, could stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
APC was reacting to the statement made by Atiku’s spokesperson, Paul Ibe, that both his principal and his Labour Party counterpart had learnt their lessons in the last general elections and would unite to kick out the ruling party from office.
Political parties under the aegis of the Coalition of United Political Parties including the Social Democratic Party, SDP had also expressed readiness for talks of a possible alliance, stating that the country needed more than just a coalition of only Atiku and Obi.
Bello while addressing reporters confirmed that the PRP had initiated talks with the leadership of ADC to begin the process of rescuing the country from the grasp of the ruling party.
According to him :, “Yes, we have begun talks. We are not afraid of mergers at all. Let us look at the electoral history. The PRP is the oldest political party today. We formed the government in Kaduna in 1979 because of a political alliance with the UPN, NPP, and PNP, who joined today to win the election in the state.
“If other parties want to join us, then they are welcome. The doors are open for even individuals, not only political parties. But if they prefer joining a party that is anti-people and talks only about money politics, go to the PDP and APC. That is what they stand for. They are two sides of a coin.
“So we are saying that we are tired and want something fresh. And if that requires me or the ADC chairman to step down, so be it. This country is more important than all of us. The PRP constitution represents the principles and ideology we stand for.”
