The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has described it as a welcome development, following former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's proposal that opposition parties merge to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election.

At a press conference in Abuja, the Acting National Chairman of the party, Abba Ali, said the merger of opposition parties before the 2015 elections led to the defeat of the then-ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) by the APC.

ALI stated that the NNPP sees the call from the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as patriotic, for which it unreservedly commends him.

He restated the party’s earlier stance that, while it fully embraces the initiative and applauds it as a matter of necessity, it looks at it from a much larger perspective and considers all factors inherent in it.