Aides of President Bola Tinubu have said former vice president Atiku Abubakar is once again a loser with a bleak political future and a dead coalition.

They said this amid the defection wind hitting hard on Atiku's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in favour of President Tinubu.

Some of the notable defectors include Atiku's 2023 running mate, ex-governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who dumped the PDP alongside his successor in Delta State, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori.

Also, some governors of the PDP have declared support for Tinubu's re-election, hinting at a likely defection to the APC.

MyNigeria also learnt that the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, and the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, are in talks to join the APC

Reacting, Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said the development means that a coalition of opposition figures that Atiku is building has disintegrated.

He shared on X, "Atiku’s political future looks bleak. The coalition that he, El Rufai, Babachir, and new member Baba-Ahmed are cobbling together has disintegrated. Potential allies, including former running mate Ifeanyi Okowa and defunct CPC members, are giving his leprous group a wide berth. Atiku is a loser again."

The same was echoed by a President Tinubu aide, Tunde Rahman, who revealed that the defection of Atiku's 2023 running mate to the APC was a shocker to the former VP.

Rahman said on X, "Things are really getting perilous and the future looks so bleak for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's coalition. After the PDP Governors washed their hands clean of any such coalition plan, the defunct CPC wing he is also counting on has also proffered support for President Tinubu.

"Today, he got his biggest shocker ever. His 2023 election running mate, former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa, and Okowa's successor, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, dumped the sinking PDP ship and hopped aboard the APC plane, and by inference, crossed over to the PBAT side. Indeed, the counting of PDP Governors crossing over to APC has begun.

"Isn't Atiku coalition dead on arrival? As my people will say, the glimpses of a Saturday that will be good will manifest from Friday."

Also, presidential aide, Dada Olusegun, said on X, "Alhaji Atiku and his still-birth coalition should be a case study.

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