{"id":359945,"date":"2025-07-01T22:32:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=359945"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:32:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:32:46","slug":"we-cant-split-votes-again-lps-rhodes-vivour-says-opposition-in-coalition-talks-ahead-of-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/01\/we-cant-split-votes-again-lps-rhodes-vivour-says-opposition-in-coalition-talks-ahead-of-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We can\u2019t split votes again&#8217; \u2014 LP\u2019s Rhodes-Vivour says opposition in coalition talks ahead of 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><strong>Rhodes-Vivour also took a swipe at the Lagos State Government, saying it has prioritised political survival over public interest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-7\"><strong>He accused the Lagos governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of working for party gains rather than the welfare of the people.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\">The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said opposition figures are in talks to form a coalition ahead of the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\">He said the opposition is uniting with the aim of dislodging President Bola Tinubu in the next presidential race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\">Rhodes-Vivour <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xc6_iIJIugI?si=304I90lb1QS0p8jZ\"><strong>spoke<\/strong><\/a> on Tuesday during an interview on Lunchtime Politics, a Channels Television programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\">\u201cThe only way that we can move this country forward in terms of the opposition is to come together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\">\u201cWe cannot afford to divide our votes again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\">\u201cAdd Alhaji Atiku Abubakar\u2019s votes to His Excellency Peter Obi\u2019s votes, they\u2019ll completely take out the current sitting president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\">Rhodes-Vivour blamed the disunity among opposition parties for their loss in the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\">He said efforts to form a new alliance have reached an advanced stage and that an announcement is imminent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\">\u201cThe conversation now is that we are working to put a coalition together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\">\u201cWe are going to hear announcements by tomorrow or next tomorrow, and everybody is coming together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-18\">\u201cThat\u2019s our main focus. At that point, we can then authoritatively say this is the party that we are going to run on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-19\">The LP candidate also criticised the administration of President Tinubu, describing it as a failure in the areas of economy and public welfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\">\u201cThis government ultimately has been a failure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-21\">\u201cWhen you talk about the quality of life, the cost of living, this is the highest cost-of-living crisis that Nigeria has faced in the last 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-22\">He also expressed concern over the level of insecurity across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-23\">\u201cYou look at security: over 10,000 people have died in the North, and about 7,000 people have died in the South,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-24\">\u201cOn the international tourism index, we have gone from number 8 to number 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-25\">\u201cYou can talk of policies all you want, but if people are experiencing hardship, simultaneously, you are renovating the vice president\u2019s residence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhodes-Vivour also took a swipe at the Lagos State Government, saying it has prioritised political survival over public interest. 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