2027: Coalition has lost momentum, lacks grassroots connection – Bwala

The Special Adviser on Public Communications and Media to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has said the coalition spearheaded by former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-rufai has lost political relevance, saying the movement had already lost momentum.

Speaking on Focus Nigeria, a programme aired on AIT on Wednesday, Bwala said the initiative lacks grassroots connection and real influence.

“I know that the southern people generally have a sentiment that the north has done eight years. The south should be allowed to do eight years,” Bwala said.

“These southern people who have this sentiment, they are even in the political parties where northerners have contested. They will not vote for the northern candidate. They will vote for a southern candidate. And it is fair, just, and equitable.”

He argued that northern political clout is often misunderstood and overstated by spotlighting a few elites who do not truly represent the region.

“When we talk of the north, there are times there is a misconception. People identify five eggheads and call them the north. Some of them are disconnected from the source,” he said.

Without initially naming el-Rufai, Bwala alluded to him as a former governor leading a coalition that “generates buzz.”

“I give you an example of a governor; a former governor that left us, and he’s moving a coalition, generating buzz, according to them,” he said.

Pressed by the programme anchor if he meant el-Rufai, Bwala confirmed: “Okay, yes.”

According to Bwala, el-Rufai’s political stock had waned even before he left office.