Renowned political economist Pat Utomi has unveiled a strategic initiative involving opposition leaders – Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) – to form a formidable mega party ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Utomi, who engaged in discussions with these presidential candidates, shared his insights during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
The objective of this mega party is to challenge and potentially replace the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), with the aim of liberating ordinary Nigerians from what Utomi characterized as the private enterprise of a select few within the APC.
Utomi emphasized that the deteriorating state of Nigeria results from the lack of clear direction from any existing political party.
He said, “We are looking at a way Nigeria can work for everybody. Let us build a political party that can bring the issues to the forefront for all the Nigerian people to have a kind of consensus to solve problems.
“If we have that consensus, we would have Nigerians who can provide leadership positions. And the positions would not be about what they would get for themselves, because this narcissism is a cancer that is tearing Nigerian politics down.
“What we need are people who can sacrificially give up themselves to build a country and the possible reward is immortality. I talked to some presidential candidates in the last election.
“We had conversations with Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, among others as some of those who would probably constitute the mega party.
“I told them that it is not about you but Nigerians. It is about the ordinary person in the street. It is about moving from sharing oil proceeds to building the most productive economy.”
Ada Peter
