{
  "id": 4778594,
  "title": "At G100 Summit, Opposition Parties Moot Recreating 2015 Experience to Oust Tinubu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/at-g100-summit-opposition-parties-moot-recreating-2015-experience-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T03:55:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/09/01/at-g100-summit-opposition-parties-moot-recreating-2015-experience-to-oust-tinubu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At the G100 Summit held in Abuja, Nigeria’s main opposition political parties gathered to discuss recreating the successful alliance strategy used in 2015 to defeat then President Goodluck Jonathan. The six parties present - African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Allied Peoples Democratic (APM), and Social Democratic Party (SDP) - pledged to cooperate in their efforts to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential poll.\n\nThe purpose of the meeting was to set the stage for further discussions on an opposition alliance. Convener of G100, Salihu Mohammed Lukman, explained that in 2015, when the ruling party was defeated, parties that were initially distrustful of each other sat down, negotiated, and agreed on how the candidate would emerge before knowing who the candidate would be. He emphasized that this sequence, rather than affection or personal liking, was the secret to their success.\n\nLukman compared this strategy to similar alliances in other countries, such as Kenya in 2002 and Malaysia in 2018, where opposition parties united to remove ruling parties from power. He stressed that the lesson from these examples is not a moral one, but an arithmetical one - that unity leads to victory.\n\nThe opposition parties admitted that they have been defeated not only by their opponents, but also by themselves, due to broken agreements, individuals failing to stay the course, and poorly defined frameworks. Lukman emphasized that if the opposition cannot keep faith with one another, no framework they design will save them. However, if they can, they may not need a framework at all.\n\nThe G100 Summit aimed to build a table before negotiating seats around it, rather than asking parties to dissolve or change candidates. The table would be larger than the office everyone assumed they were discussing.",
  "summary": "• ADC, APM, PRP, SDP others pledge to cooperate •Say division will yield victory to APC Chuks Okocha in Abuja Nigeria’s main opposition political parties met at a summit yesterday",
  "key_points": [
    "Convener Salihu Mohammed Lukman explained importance of sequence over personal liking for success.",
    "Opposition admits past defeats due to broken agreements and poor frameworks."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Opposition parties are seeking to replicate their 2015 alliance strategy to defeat President Tinubu in 2027, uniting against a common foe after acknowledging past failures rooted in internal divisions and broken agreements.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}