As Ex-Vice President Emerges ADC Presidential Candidate
- Safiu Kehinde
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. has called for unity within African Democratic Congress (ADC) to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 Presidential Election.
Atiku made the call during his acceptance speech following his emergence as the ADC’s Presidential candidate.
NPO Reported that the ex-Vice President was on Wednesday declared winner of the ADC primaries, defeating closest rival, Rotimi Amaechi, and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
Speaking after being declared as the party’s flagbearer at the collation centre in Abuja, Atiku maintained that no one was defeated at the primaries as he called for unity and togetherness in the party’s bid to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“I must state at this juncture that this is not the time to celebrate. No one was defeated because we are one party and we all need to recognise the fierce urgency of the moment.
“Therefore, we have to unite, as we pledged before this process, to work to pull our country and our people out of the destructive grip of a corrupt, incompetent and polarising APC government.” He said.
While expressing gratitude to the ADC Primary Election Committee for the conduct of the election, Atiku urged the party to put primary election behind the commence work on the 2027 General Election.
“I thank the primary elections Committee for organising peaceful, free, fair and transparent primaries.
“I thank the various leadership organs of our party, the various stakeholders, and volunteers for their hard work and dedication and all our party members and supporters for their efforts, patience and conduct during the process.
“With the primaries behind us, the real hard work is about to begin.
“We have to prepare to campaign hard to win the next general elections in order to begin the difficult process of rescuing our country and its long-suffering people from this government.” He said.