2027: ADC members will walk out if Atiku wins ticket - Baba-Ahmed

Former presidential adviser, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has claimed that there could be a mass exodus from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), if Atiku Abubakar clinches the party’s presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 general election.

Baba-Ahmed stated this on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

According to him, Atiku is strongly positioned to emerge as the ADC’s flagbearer if the party conducts a national convention, a development he believes would trigger an exodus of aggrieved aspirants and supporters.

“If ADC goes to convention, and it certainly will, because that’s what former Vice President Atiku wants, he will get the ticket,” Baba-Ahmed said.

“And then, a lot of people will walk out because a lot of people are in that party only for the same thing. They want the ticket.”

He argued that the ADC is currently accommodating several high-profile political actors whose interests are bound to clash once the process of selecting a presidential candidate begins.