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- Atiku Abubakar and different absorption governmental figures rally astir the ADC successful their quest to situation President Bola Ahmed Tinubu successful the 2027 election
- In a bid to contiguous a agreed beforehand up of the 2027 election, cardinal absorption figures unveiled the ADC successful Abuja
- ADC's Ralph Nwosu has present disclosed that astir 7 conjugation leaders are funny successful Tinubu’s seat
Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering politics, elections, and governance successful Nigeria.
FCT, Abuja - Ralph Nwosu has disclosed that respective salient figures successful the absorption conjugation are being encouraged by supporters to contention the 2027 statesmanlike predetermination against President Bola Tinubu.
Nwosu stated this amid increasing speculation that immoderate bluish powerfulness blocs wrong the coalition movement are already backing Peter Obi, a erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner of the Labour Party (LP), to service 1 word arsenic president.
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Legit.ng recalls that connected Wednesday, July 2, members of the conjugation formally unveiled the African Democratic Congress (ADC) arsenic their level for the 2027 wide election.
David Mark, erstwhile legislature president, was named interim nationalist chairman, portion Rauf Aregbesola, ex-Osun governor, emerged arsenic interim nationalist secretary.
Speaking with The Punch in a study published connected Sunday, July 6, Nwosu, who has led ADC since its inception until precocious erstwhile helium relinquished the position, said 7 conjugation leaders were being tipped to regenerate Tinubu successful 2027. He, however, noted that the ADC would clasp an unfastened enactment process.
Besides Obi, Nwosu disclosed that supporters of Atiku Abubakar, the erstwhile vice-president; Rotimi Amaechi, erstwhile curate of transportation; Nasir El-Rufai, ex-Kaduna governor; Rauf Aregbesola, one-time interior minister; and those of the Oyo authorities 2023 ADC governorship candidate, Bamidele Ajadi, were each rooting for their respective leaders to win Tinubu.
He said:
“There are immoderate radical who privation Aregbesola to run. There are besides radical who are rooting for Dr Ganiyu Bamidele Ajadi to run. There are besides radical rooting for Amaechi to run. There are besides those calling for Atiku to run.Nwosu added:
“El-Rufai besides has his ain plan. Even Sule Lamido is besides running. I person been portion of the conjugation conversations, and I cognize the personalities that are funny successful running. So, I americium telling you from the inside. Even the aged ADC whitethorn beryllium backing Ajadi. That tells you it is free, and that is democracy. But the enactment process volition beryllium unfastened and transparent."Names of conjugation leaders reportedly funny successful Tinubu’s spot are below:
1) Atiku Abubakar
A erstwhile vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, 78, whitethorn tally for the presidency again. If helium does, it would beryllium for the seventh time. His archetypal effort was successful 1992.
The concern tycoon served 2 presumption arsenic lawman to erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo, and was credited with making reforms to cardinal sectors that helped kickstart economical growth. However, helium has been accused of assorted charges of corruption, each of which helium denies.
2) Peter Obi
A erstwhile politician of south-eastern Anambra state, Peter Obi has an progressive enactment basal connected societal media.
The 63-year-old has been accused of taxation evasion and was mentioned successful the Pandora Papers, though helium says helium has done thing wrong.
He was the vice-presidential campaigner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside Atiku successful 2019, but successful May 2022, switched to the Labour Party (LP).
3) Nasir El-Rufai
El-Rufai served arsenic politician of Kaduna authorities from 2015 to 2023. He had served arsenic curate of the national superior territory (FCT) from 2003 to 2007. El-Rufai besides served arsenic manager of the Bureau of Public Enterprises. He is simply a founding subordinate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but dumped the enactment successful March 2025.
4) Rotimi Amaechi
Amaechi served arsenic the curate of proscription from 2015 to 2022 nether the medication of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned to contention for Nigeria's presidency nether the governing APC. He had antecedently served arsenic politician of oil-rich Rivers state, from 2007 to 2015, and earlier, arsenic talker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007.
On April 9, 2022, Amaechi declared involvement successful contesting successful the statesmanlike predetermination successful 2023. He polled 2nd presumption successful the APC statesmanlike primaries held successful June 2022 down eventual president Tinubu with 316 delegate votes against Tinubu's 1271 votes.
5) Rauf Aregbesola
Aregbesola was the curate of the interior from 2019 to 2023. He antecedently served arsenic the politician of Osun authorities from 2010 to 2018. He is presently the interim nationalist caput of the ADC aft his defection from the APC to the enactment successful 2025.
6) Sule Lamido
Lamido is simply a erstwhile politician of Jigawa authorities from 2007 to 2015.
The 76-year-old antecedently served arsenic the overseas affairs curate of Nigeria from 1999 to 2003. He is an estranged subordinate of the PDP.
7) Ganiyu Bamidele Ajadi
Ajadi was the governorship campaigner of the ADC successful Oyo authorities during the 2023 election.
The Oyo person is simply a aesculapian doctor.
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- Drama arsenic absorption blows blistery aft Abuja Hotel abruptly cancels ADC unveiling hours earlier event
- ADC: Full substance of Rauf Aregbesola's code arsenic helium becomes caput of anti-Tinubu coalition
ADC coalition: Omokri makes permutation
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Reno Omokri, ex-aide to erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan, said neither Obi nor Amaechi has capable clout to prime the statesmanlike ticket of the ADC.
Omokri asserted that the ADC statesmanlike summons would spell to a northerner.
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