We’ll produce our own candidates, no alliances, says NRM

From Okwe Obi, Abuja

Ahead of the 2027 polls, the National Rescue Movement (NRM) has ruled out plans to form alliances with the All Progressives Congress (APC), the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), among others.

It declared that it would focus on producing its own candidates across the board through the internal electoral process.

NRM national chairman Chinedu Obi, at a press conference yesterday in Abuja, said that recent court rulings had also helped resolve internal disputes within the party.

“We are not planning on merging with any political party or joining a coalition. We’ll produce our presidential candidate through the ballot.”

According to him, the Federal High Court, presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, struck out an appeal filed by the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Edozie Njoku, which he said had been linked to the leadership tussle in the party.

Obi added that the party remains stable and better positioned than many opposition parties currently facing internal disagreements.

He said the party is open to supporting qualified aspirants for elective offices, stressing that its focus is on competence.

He said, “We want Nigerians to know that the impression they have that the NRM has a crisis because of some individuals who are not even members of the party, that there’s no single crisis in NRM.

“There are still good political parties. The NRM is the one prepared to rescue Nigeria from the current situation.”