By Steve Oko
Former Senate President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, and former Action Congress (AC) vice-presidential candidate, Senator Ben Obi, have begun high-level consultations with Nigerians in the United States as part of efforts to mobilise support for free, fair and credible elections in 2027.
The consultations, which cut across party lines, are aimed at rallying progressive Nigerians at home and abroad to defend the country’s democratic institutions, preserve political pluralism and resist any attempt to undermine Nigeria’s multi-party democracy.
Speaking in a telephone interview with Vanguard, Wabara said the meetings with Nigerians in the diaspora and some officials focused on growing concerns over the state of the nation’s democracy, the shrinking democratic space and the need for patriotic forces to unite in defence of constitutional governance.
According to him, participants expressed concern over what they described as increasing pressure on opposition parties, the erosion of public confidence in the neutrality of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the danger of weakening Nigeria’s democratic institutions.
