Nigeria’s opposition parties are set to take a major step towards forming a united front against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The parties have fixed August 31, 2026, for a major opposition summit expected to kick-start formal discussions on how they can work together and challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Salihu Lukman, a senior opposition figure and representative of the G100 opposition group, announced the date on Thursday.
According to Lukman, the summit will provide an opportunity for the parties to begin formal negotiations on the terms, structures and principles that would guide their cooperation ahead of the 2027 polls.
The planned meeting follows weeks of consultations with leaders of six opposition parties — the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Lukman said the discussions have already produced a framework document titled “A Framework for Opposition Cooperation and Coordination.”
The document outlines areas where the parties can work together while allowing each political party to maintain its own identity, history and political objectives.
Lukman also made it clear that the proposed alliance is not about forcing smaller parties to merge with or surrender their identities to bigger political parties.
He argued that the most important issue facing the opposition should not be who gets to lead the presidential ticket, but what the parties are willing to achieve together for Nigerians.
“Cooperation does not require any party to disappear into another.
“The first question before party leaders is not who leads the ticket. It is what we are, together, prepared to do for this country,” Lukman said.
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