Former spokesman for the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council during the 2023 presidential election, Daniel Bwala, has disclosed that presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, have concluded plans to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in preparation for the 2027 general elections.
Bwala stated this on his official X account and said Obi’s move to join the SDP was as a result of the crisis rocking the LP and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC).
In the thread, Bwala suggested that Obi and El-Rufai would team up in the SDP to try and displace President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
Bwala wrote: “BREAKING-Peter Obi @PeterObi allegedly planning to unite with El-rufai @elrufai in Social Democratic Party as Nigerian Labour Congress set to take ownership and custody of their political party, the @NgLabour.
“Recall that there was a judgment of the court that states that Nigeria Labour Congress owns Labour Party. NLC is now prepared to take custody of that party.”
In another thread, he wrote: “Twist and turns in the coming days. But all that will not give sleepless nights to @officialABAT who himself has his magic wands to wield.”
Bwala’s claims came up after El-Rufai’s recent visit to the National Chairman of the SDP, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, at the party’s headquarters in Abuja, where they held a closed door meeting with members of the party’s National Working Committee.
