The Allied Peoples Movement has thrown its weight behind Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, as the preferred candidate for a possible opposition alliance against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
The party’s position comes ahead of an expected meeting on Monday, August 32, 2026, of the G-100, a political pressure group advocating the emergence of a single opposition presidential candidate capable of challenging Tinubu at the polls.
The APM, through its National Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Yusuf, urged other opposition presidential aspirants to put aside personal ambitions and support Makinde, whom it described as the politician with the strongest prospects of defeating the incumbent.
The development comes amid indications that efforts to produce a single opposition candidate are facing difficulties, with the camps of the African Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his Nigeria Democratic Congress counterpart, Peter Obi, seemingly unwilling to abandon their respective presidential ambitions.
Yusuf, who spoke in Abuja on Monday while addressing journalists, nevertheless said consultations among opposition parties were progressing, stressing that the objective should be to build a formidable political platform against the ruling All Progressives Congress.
