The National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, believes that the party’s presidential ticket of Atiku Abubakar and Rotimi Amaechi will defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election.
Abdullahi, who was interviewed on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the party believes any of its presidential aspirants would have offered better leadership than the incumbent administration, describing the Atiku-Amaechi combination as a formidable team capable of winning the election.
“We believe that everybody who was running as an aspirant on the platform of the ADC, whether it’s Atiku or Rotimi Amaechi or Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, will do far better than what President Bola Tinubu is doing.”
“We believe that the emergence of Atiku Abubakar and Rotimi Amaechi as our presidential and vice-presidential candidates actually gives us a formidable team that is immensely capable of winning this election. So we are not surprised with the kind of shenanigans that have been cropping up the moment we announced Rotimi Amaechi as our vice-presidential candidate,” the party spokesman said.
According to Abdullahi, the ADC “will be on the ballot in the 2027 general elections” and will soon hold a formal presentation and a major event to unveil its presidential ticket to Nigerians officially.
He also insisted that the party conducted a credible primary election. Amaechi, who contested the ADC presidential primary, lost to Atiku before subsequently being announced as the party’s vice-presidential candidate earlier on Monday.
With the 2027 general election drawing closer, political parties are consolidating their positions following their primaries.
President Bola Tinubu is the APC’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar will fly the ADC flag, while Peter Obi is the candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
Notably, Tinubu, Atiku and Obi were the leading contenders in the 2023 presidential election, with Tinubu emerging as the winner with over eight million votes, while Obi and Atiku got over six million votes.
Amaechi was a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election.
Atiku has pursued the nation’s top job on six occasions over the past three decades, with his presidential ambitions dating back to 1992–1993 and continuing through election cycles up to 2023.
The APC has however, remained Nigeria’s ruling party since assuming power in 2015.
