Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential primary election of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), polling over 1,846,000 votes to defeat two other contenders, Mohammed Hayatudeen and Rotimi Amaechi. The results were announced by the returning officer, Tunde Ogbeha, on Wednesday night.
Amaechi, former governor of Rivers State, polled over 504,000 votes while Hayatudeen, former managing director of the defunct FSB International Bank, got 177,120 votes. Speaking after he was presented with the ADC flag as the party’s standard bearer for the 2027 elections, Atiku asked Hayatu Deen and Amaechi to close ranks and join him in the fight to rescue Nigeria’s democracy, adding that there is no winner and no vanquished in the contest.
The ADC national chairman, David Mark, said the contest was free, fair, credible and worthy of democratic standards, adding that he came under intense pressure to tilt the direction of the presidential primary but the party did not work towards a predetermined outcome.
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The ADC presidential primary was marred by controversy, as Amaechi and Hayatu Deen rejected the results over alleged irregularities and voter disenfranchisement. In a repeat contest, Atiku will now square off against President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Peter Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress in the 2027 presidential election.
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