Breaking: Jubilation as Buhari’s appointee Malami joins Obidient movement

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FCT, Abuja - Amid talks of a coalition, the Obidient question connected Wednesday, June 25, announced that it has attracted Abubakar Malami, erstwhile attorney-general of the federation (AGF), into its fold.

According to a station connected X (formerly Twitter) by Yunusa Tanko, interim nationalist coordinator of the Obidient question worldwide, Peter Obi, the statesmanlike campaigner of the Labour Party (LP) successful the 2023 election, visited Malami astatine the erstwhile justness minister's office.

Peter Obi and Obidient question members conscionable Abubakar Malami (SAN). Photo credit: @YunusaTanko
Source: Twitter

Peter Obi meets Malami

Legit.ng reports that Malami, from Kebbi state, was an appointee of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari.

The confederation betwixt Messrs Obi and Malami comes arsenic governmental realignments proceed to instrumentality signifier up of the 2027 wide election.

With fractures evident wrong the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the LP, respective absorption figures are exploring caller alliances. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) emerged arsenic a imaginable level for regrouping dissatisfied politicians and erstwhile statesmanlike contenders.

On March 20, 2025, absorption leaders, including Atiku Abubakar, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and Obi, publically announced a conjugation aimed astatine unseating the APC successful the adjacent election. The radical contended that Tinubu’s economical policies person fuelled inflation, eroded purchasing power, and failed to present meaningful alleviation to mean Nigerians.

2027 election: Obi and anti-Tinubu coalition

The absorption is counting connected the momentum from the 2023 statesmanlike election, wherever Atiku and Obi polled a combined 12 cardinal votes, much than 4 cardinal supra the fig recorded by Bola Tinubu, who was declared the victor by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Peter Obi having underground meetings to unseat Tinubu successful the 2027 election. Photo credit: @PeterObi
Source: Twitter

Opposition subordinate Tanko wrote with accompanying photographs:

"Today, the 25th of June 2025 the Obidient Movement has attracted different elder subordinate into the Obidient Movement. His Exellency Peter Obi was astatine the bureau of Hon Abubakar Malami SAN Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of justness (2015 -2023)."This is successful his continuation of span gathering and emancipating the Nigerian radical from hunger and disdain."

Bwala makes assertion connected Peter Obi

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Barrister Daniel Bwala, 1 of the statesmanlike spokespersons, claimed that Obi has accepted to go a vice-presidential (VP) campaigner successful the 2027 election.

Speaking successful a caller podcast interview, SelahMeditate, Bwala, the peculiar advisor connected media and nationalist communications to President Tinubu, predicted that Obi would disappoint his staunch supporters, popularly called 'Obidients'.

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Source: Legit.ng