2027: ADC has many people to challenge Tinubu - Dalung

Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, says the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has enough political strength and personalities to mount a serious challenge against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.

Dalung stated this on Sunday while featuring on Sunday Politics, a political programme aired on Channels Television.

According to him, the opposition party is not short of capable contenders who can confront the ruling party at the polls.

“So I think we have so many people to challenge Tinubu,” he said.

“I can decide to contest the election, and I will challenge him.”

Dalung explained that his confidence in the ADC is rooted in the quality of politicians who have aligned with the party since it was adopted as the platform of a broad opposition coalition.

He noted that several well-known political figures are now associated with the party, including former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, former Rivers State governor and ex-minister Rotimi Amaechi, former Osun State governor Rauf Aregbesola, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, and former Senate President David Mark, among others.

The former minister acknowledged public concerns that the large number of influential politicians in the party could trigger internal disputes after its presidential primary.

However, he said the party had already reached a collective agreement to avoid such divisions.

“We are going to conduct a transparent primary, and we have also resolved that whoever wins a transparent primary will be the person all of us support to challenge Tinubu,” Dalung said.

“So, challenging Tinubu is not an individual issue. It’s not the issue of the candidate; it’s the issue of the party. That resolution has been issued and approved.”

He stressed that the ADC’s strategy is built around unity rather than personalities, insisting that the party’s central objective is to unseat the ruling party in the next general election.

President Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, won the 2023 presidential election after defeating Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and other candidates.

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