Galadima: Opposition coalition collapse was fortunate, Tinubu seeks unopposed run
NDC chieftain Buba Galadima says he's glad the planned opposition coalition failed, arguing President Tinubu "does not believe in competition" and wants to run unopposed in 2027. In an AIT interview, Galadima warned that had opposition parties united, Tinubu could deploy "the kind of bomb that Justice Lifu has done" — referencing judicial action that would leave them with no alternative but to concede.
Galadima alleges a pattern: "If you have any case against any APC person, we learnt that the judges will go to the opponent and ask what type of judgment he would give." He adds ominously: "What we hear... is that the country will burn." The remarks follow Justice Lifu's recent ruling affecting the ADC, which Galadima suggests signals broader judicial vulnerability for opposition.
On his 2019 support for Atiku Abubakar, Galadima clarifies it stemmed from the R-APC/PDP alliance, not personal loyalty: "Even if it's my father, if he doesn't have the quality of leadership I need, I won't support him." He notes his own daughter belongs to a different party.
The coalition's collapse leaves opposition fragmented ahead of 2027. Galadima's core argument: a united front would have created a single target for judicial dismantling. Whether this reflects strategic realism or resignation remains the central question for opposition voters.
If the judiciary is perceived as a tool for electoral engineering, what viable path exists for opposition parties — unite and risk elimination, or stay fragmented and accept irrelevance?