Buba Galadima, a key figure in the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and a close associate of the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has dismissed claims of any agreement between the North and South regarding the 2027 presidential election.
Speaking in an interview on Sunday, Galadima emphasized that opposition parties should focus on ensuring credible elections rather than debating the regional backgrounds of presidential candidates.
“I don’t discuss the North and I don’t discuss the South when I speak on democracy. Okay. If Tinubu is finishing and has done well, and Nigerians decide to vote for Seyi Tinubu, I have no grudge, provided that there is a free and fair election,” he stated.
“I have no grudge because that is democracy. Opposition should be more concerned about credible election, than this North and South thing.”
Addressing rumors of a pre-existing arrangement between the regions, he declared, “And anybody who tells you there is any understanding or agreement between the North and South, tell him he’s a liar. And he doesn’t understand what democracy is. He doesn’t understand what politics is. As far as I am concerned, I am talking about democracy, I am not talking about North and South.”
His remarks come shortly after a major political development where the 2023 presidential candidates from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party (LP)’s Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, announced the formation of a coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
