Credible opposition sustains democracy, Makinde seeks opposition coalition ahead of 2027

Seyi Makinde, the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), has announced Lawal Musa Daura, a former Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, Daura joined the APM after resigning from the ADC and replaces Ibrahim Adamu Bala, who was earlier announced as Makinde's running mate but was intended to be a placeholder.

Makinde made the announcement at the APM's elective National Convention in Bauchi. He stated that the task before the opposition ahead of the 2027 general election was bigger than merely winning power, and that the central challenge was to give Nigerians a genuine choice about the future of their country.

Lawal Daura served as the DSS director-general between 2015 and 2018. The Punch reported that Makinde deliberately chose Daura to address the country's security challenges.

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