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The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to Professor Pat Utomi’s call for the merger of three major opposition parties in the country ahead of 2027 poll.
NewsBand reported on Monday that the professor of political economy had said that three presidential candidates in the last election, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi; and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP; have agreed to form a formidable party that will dislodge APC from power in 2027
However, in a statement made by the spokesman of the ruling party, Felix Morka, the APC outrightly dismissed Utomi’s proposal, describing it as an “unmitigated delusion of grandeur.”
Morka said that Utomi, known for advocating mega parties in the past, lacks credibility due to previous failures.
He pointed out Utomi’s attempt in 2021 to launch a people-centered ideological mega party under the National Consultative Front (NCFront), which failed to come to fruition.
He said, “As a serial promoter of mega parties that never materialize, Prof. Pat Utomi’s statement cannot be taken that seriously. In 2021, Prof Utomi and his collaborators disturbed the airwaves with plans to launch a people-centered ideological mega party under the auspices of the National Consultative Front (NCFront) to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). That plan did not go past the news headlines.
“Now in 2024, Prof. Utomi is touting a possible merger or collaboration between the Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the PDP, vastly the political parties, he has argued, that are bereft of any ideological orientation or “did not manage to create an alignment with the Nigerian People to improve the quality of their lives.”
“One can only infer that Prof. Utomi may be positing that his personal involvement in the proposed alliance will transmogrify the same parties, he has adjudged to be decadent and anti-people, into bastions of political and economic liberty for Nigerians. That is an unmitigated delusion of grandeur.”
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