2011: Atiku, Tinubu, Kalu plan alliance

Taiwo Adisa, Abuja - 17.09.2009

A grand alliance of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor Orji Kalu of Abia State and his Lagos State counterpart, Senator Bola Tinubu, is likely ahead of the 2011 presidential contest.

If it materialises, the alliance will see the Action Congress (AC), where Atiku and Tinubu belong, enter into a political fusion with the Progressive Peoples Party (PPA) of Kalu.

Atiku had earlier nursed the idea of returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but the talks went awry when elements of the PDP moved in to frustrate the bid.

It was gathered that the governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako and some PDP bigwigs in Adamawa were opposed to Atiku’s return to the PDP.

Though the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) had recently vowed to bring back all its members, including Atiku, to the PDP, not much was being heard from that front.

But giving the indication of a possible alliance that would involve Atiku, Tinubu and the PPA, former Abia State governor said the PPA had a soulmate in the AC.

In an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, he said the PPA and the AC were mutually compatible, adding that Atiku and Tinubu remained his political soulmates.



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