The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that the choice of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate will ultimately be determined by delegates of the party when the time comes.
Paul Ibe, Atiku’s media aide, made the clarification on Wednesday via a post on his verified Facebook page, amid rising internal interest and public speculation regarding the party’s 2027 presidential ticket.
According to Ibe, there is no cause for alarm over the number of high-ranking ADC politicians reportedly interested in the race, describing such ambition as healthy for democracy. He maintained that it is the responsibility of party delegates to make the final decision.
“There’s nothing wrong in all of them wanting to be president,” Ibe wrote. “The delegates of the party will, at the appropriate time, determine who will be the presidential candidate. That is DEMOCRACY — as opposed to Tinubu’s DICTATORSHIP — at work.”
Ibe said the ADC coalition is deeply dissatisfied with what it sees as the ruling party’s failure to deliver on key fronts.
“The ADC Coalition leaders are angry with the mess that Tinubu has made of Nigeria,” he stated. “They’re angry at how the material condition of the average citizen has deteriorated… at the skyrocketing prices of food… that even the minimum wage cannot buy a bag of rice.”
He further condemned the worsening state of security in the country, citing rampant attacks by terrorists, bandits, and kidnappers, and accused the Tinubu-led administration of incompetence and missed opportunities.
“What is wrong,” Ibe wrote, “is when you sign up to be president like Tinubu, and your era is marked by incompetence and cluelessness. That is a waste of opportunity.”
The ADC was recently adopted as the platform for the opposition coalition seeking to challenge and unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections.