The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said it is working to adopt a consensus approach in selecting its presidential candidate for the 2027 poll.
Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary for the ADC, shared this during an appearance on ‘One-on-One’, an Arise TV programme, on Saturday.
He said the party has the options of direct primaries and consensus for electing its presidential candidate, adding that indirect primaries are “no longer on the table”, as stipulated in the amended Electoral Act.
The spokesperson added that the best option for the party would be a consensus.
“We are trying as much as possible to adopt the consensus approach because that is the least costly for us. For us, the best case scenario is to be able to engineer consensus and that’s what we are working on,” he said.
Abdullahi also criticised the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), arguing that the party’s strength is tied to its current leadership.
“If you take power out of APC, APC is actually nothing. I know the party well,” he said.
“Post Bola Tinubu, they will unravel quickly, that even they would be surprised. He is the glue holding the party together.”
He described the governing party as a “special purpose vehicle” created to ensure the presidencies of the late Muhammadu Buhari and Tinubu, adding that the party has largely fulfilled that purpose.
Abdullahi also pointed to the “APC’s apparent anxiety” ahead of upcoming elections.
“In any free and fair election in Nigeria today, there’s no way APC will win,” he said.
“Why is a party with 31 governors and about 90 percent of the national assembly still panicking? Why are they still trying to destabilise other opposition parties?
“They should be preparing for Tinubu’s win given their overwhelming governance. But they are unsettled because they know in a free and fair election, there is no way they can win. Nigerians are tired of them.”
Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rotimi Amaechi are some of the presidential hopefuls on the ADC platform.
