YPP Chairman Amakiri Criticizes Opposition Coalition, Questions Credibility of Its Leaders

The National Chairman of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Bishop Amakiri, has criticized the emerging opposition coalition, expressing doubts about the integrity and capacity of its leaders to deliver genuine political change in Nigeria.

Speaking on The Morning Brief, a Channels Television program, on Monday, Amakiri argued that a significant portion of those leading the coalition are part of the same political class responsible for the country’s current leadership crisis.

“I have a problem, and it is whether 85 per cent of people in that coalition have the moral justification to tell us about a coalition that will liberate Nigerians from the leadership quagmire we find ourselves in,” Amakiri said. “Nigeria is in urgent need of a complete political leadership overhaul.”

He described the coalition as largely composed of individuals from the PPM coalition group—many of whom, he claimed, have previously held power but failed to deliver meaningful progress.

“Eighty-five per cent of them are people who have failed the nation in the past. I don’t know how prospective that kind of group can be in pushing the agenda they are presenting,” he added.

Amakiri emphasized that it is ultimately up to Nigerians to evaluate the credibility of the coalition and decide whether its leaders represent the change they seek.