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Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has said the African Democratic Congress, ADC, is poised to make significant political strides ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Atiku, who formally registered as a member of the ADC on Thursday in Yola, Adamawa State, made the declaration in a post on X on Friday.
The former VP had shared photographs of himself receiving his membership card and a customised Waziri 01 jersey.
The brief but symbolic ceremony drew a sizeable crowd of supporters, party leaders and community stakeholders.
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Reaffirming the party’s momentum, Atiku stated that the ADC’s nationwide mobilisation was ongoing.
“Yesterday, the ADC train made a stopover in Jalingo for the unveiling of the Taraba State secretariat of the Coalition Party. There’s no stopping the ADC; it is heading your way,” Atiku wrote on X.
In other news The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has no choice but to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Wike stated that Atiku left PDP because he would not allow him to destroy the party.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Wike said Atiku had never been a committed member.
He said: “They have never been committed members. Atiku has no choice but to leave, because he wanted to use the PDP, but knowing that I’m there, he cannot get that platform.
“Those are people who destroyed the party, how many times has he left PDP and returned?
“Diri has said he has left PDP and I’m one of the happiest persons today. The same him and Makinde said they will not allow anybody to destroy the PDP and fall to the gutter. Who has entered the gutters today?”
