By Chijioke Kingsley
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Convener of the National Opposition Movement Coalition (NOMC), Otunba Segun Showunmi, has said the next president of the country will emerge through consensus from ordinary Nigerians and presented to a new movement, called “The Alternative”.
Showunmi said the platform will then work with the chosen candidate and present him or her to a political party for onward campaigns.
He said the move has become necessary as the country is rapidly becoming a failed State.
“All we have today are money bag politicians who have perpetrated the act of suppressing Democracy with their stolen wealth”, Showunmi who was a former governorship aspirant in Ogun State said in Kano State, During a Town Hall meeting on Thursday.
The Town Hall, held in Kano was to domesticate the launch of NOMC also known as “The Alternative”, our correspondent reports.
Recall that on the 25th of November 2024, Showunmi, who is also a former spokesman for Atiku Abubakar, launched the National Opposition Movement Coalition in Abuja, aimed at reviving Nigeria’s democracy.
The movement has further been launched in Jos, the North Central, Bauchi, Northwest, and Kano, the Northwestern Region.
Speaking in Kano he said: “The people will dialogue and come up with a consensus candidate, we will then take the candidate and present it to a political party as the people’s choice.
“The people must choose wisely, and this must be ensured as the conversation continues. We must bridge the gap between the government and the governed.
“Citizens must not hate themselves and continue to feel underserved. We must do all we can to ensure that a quality candidate emerges in 2027 from among the people”, Showunmi said.
He Continued: “Today’s politicians want to use their money to steal democracy from us in order to keep us poor. To avoid this in the next election, we are warning Nigerians ahead of time against their antics using the platform, The Alternative.
“The second reason for creating the Alternative is to also prevent politicians from turning Nigeria into a one-party State. They are busy causing trouble in the major political parties so that we will not have the opportunity to choose in the next election.
“Stop short changing yourself by selling your vote. Stop trading your destiny for a plate of corn maze, Indomie, salt, etc. Politicians are using their money to take democracy away from you. So we are here to prevent it”, he said.
Earlier in his remark, a former governorship aspirant in Kano, Hon. Jafaar Sani Bello, said leadership is not about religion, tribe and ethnicity, adding that Nigerians must start moving away from sentiment and elect leaders that have the interest of the people at heart.
“We have been deceived many times based on religion, but this shallow thinking must stop. People can hardly feed and pay bills. This is not the type of country our forefathers fought for”, he said.
Also speaking, the National Coordinator, Atiku Abubakar’s Forum, Saidu Bello, said it is time to have a political direction, advising youths to begin to study the history of the country to make informed decisions in electing future leaders.
In her closing remarks, however, Mrs Tariere Fiebai, a member of the Alternative, prayed for a better Nigeria for the future generation to inherit.
