Atiku, Obi, Amaechi Pledge To Support ADC Presidential Primary Winner

Presidential hopefuls successful the absorption conjugation party, African Democratic Congress (ADC) person agreed to backmost whoever emerges campaigner of the enactment up of the 2027 election.

This was the result of ADC leaders caucus gathering successful Abuja yesterday, which besides foreclosed the adoption of All Democratic Alliance (ADA) by the enactment leaders.

The caucus of the enactment besides also ordered each members to resign rank of different governmental parties adjacent though nary timeline was fixed to that effect.

The gathering which was headed by the ADC nationalist chairman, Senator David Mark, besides had successful attendance the party’s  nationalist secretary, Ogbeni Rauf; nationalist publicity secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi; erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar; erstwhile Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai; erstwhile Rivers governor, Chibuike Amaechi.

Others are erstwhile Sokoto State governor, Senator Aminu Tambuwal; erstwhile Kwara governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed; erstwhile curate of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Pantami; erstwhile caput to authorities of the federation, Babachir Lawal, among others.

National person of Labour Party Peter Obi was absent sent but helium gave his committedness to decisions taken.

So far, Atiku, Obi and Amaechi person indicated involvement to contention for the party’s statesmanlike summons up of 2027 election.

Disclosing the result of the closed-door meeting, the nationalist publicity secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, said “The Coalition has rested everything concerning the ADA. That means, they are not funny successful the registration oregon different of the association.

“All the statesmanlike aspirants person agreed to enactment whoever wins the primaries election.

“Though a last bid has been fixed to each members to resign rank of different governmental parties, the Caucus was soundless connected the timeline.”

He further disclosed that the  party’s National Working Committe (NWC) volition denote details of its plans for  the Osun and Ekiti off-cycle governorship elections.

Earlier, Atiku had commented connected the gathering connected X handle. He said “I americium presently astatine the stakeholders gathering of the Coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) successful Abuja. It’s a gathering of the Nigerian radical against the oligarchs who beforehand poorness and insecurity successful the land.”

Meanwhile, Obi was absent due to the fact that helium embarked connected a travel to the United States of America.

Commenting connected his travel connected his X handle, Obi said, “I near Lagos yesterday, the 24th of Sept, for a 3-day travel to the USA, covering Washington and Chicago, with a stopover successful Atlanta.

I travelled with Delta Airlines, the archetypal hose successful the United States, which has been successful beingness for implicit 100 years.

“We arrived astatine Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airdrome successful the world. It handles implicit 100 cardinal passengers annually—about 5 times the full postulation of each Nigerian airports combined. The airdrome is owned by the City of Atlanta and generates astir $32 cardinal annually (roughly Nigeria’s 2024 operational budget) for the city, and $70 cardinal (almost doubly Nigeria’s 2025 budget) for the Atlanta metropolitan country and the State of Georgia.

“Atlanta City itself runs connected an yearly fund of astir $3 cardinal (over ₦4.5 trillion). Its existent Mayor, Mr Andre Dickens, was a businessman earlier going into politics. His cardinal commitments see nationalist safety, tackling crime, creating opportunities for young people, and ensuring a minimum of $15 an hr for assembly workers. He is estimated to beryllium worthy astir $10 million.

“Yesterday, aft gathering Mayor Andre Dickens, we some travelled connected the aforesaid formation to Washington. At Atlanta airport, connected the plane, and upon accomplishment astatine Ronald Reagan National Airport, determination was nary peculiar announcement of his presence, nary aides carrying his bags, and nary jumping the queue during boarding oregon disembarkation.

“In Nigeria, governors—most of whom oversee budgets smaller than Atlanta’s—and adjacent section authorities chairmen, whose allocations are little than 1% of Atlanta’s, would person constituted a nationalist nuisance with sirens, protocol officers, endless announcements, ample entourages, and posters everywhere. Our nationalist behaviour and behaviour indispensable change,” helium said.