Breaking: Atiku, Obi, David Mark Others Meet in Move to Sack Tinubu

Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president; the ex-Senate President David Mark; the ex-governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi and his counterpart from Rivers, Rotimi Amaechi, have met in their bid to sack President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election.

The opposition leaders have gathered at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in their preparation for a world press conference.

The opposition, which is a coalition of political figures from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), will be addressing the press on the theme: “Urgent Call to Save Nigeria’s Democracy.”

Daily Trust reported that the opposition leaders will be talking about the recently enacted 2026 Electoral Act, which has started generating controversy after the National Assembly passed the bill and President Tinubu assented to it.

Although the bill has been signed into law by President Tinubu, the opposition parties have continued to express dissatisfaction with some of the provisions of the Electoral Act. It was learnt that they are advocating for a mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results from the polling units directly.

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The new Electoral Act gave room for manual collation of results in a situation where there is a network failure, but opposition parties and some civil society organisations are criticising the development with the argument that it could undermine transparency in the electoral process.

Other opposition leaders who were present at the event include Liyel Imoke and Rauf Aregbesola, who are the former governors of Cross Rivers and Osun states, respectively.

The provision allowing manual collation of results in the event of network failure has been criticised by opposition parties and some civil society organisations, who argue that it could undermine electoral transparency.

Source: Legit.ng