{"id":168723,"date":"2025-07-08T10:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adc-why-atiku-should-emerge-presidential-candidate-momodu"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:00:44","slug":"adc-why-atiku-should-emerge-presidential-candidate-momodu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-why-atiku-should-emerge-presidential-candidate-momodu","title":{"rendered":"ADC: Why Atiku should emerge presidential candidate \u2013 Momodu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has explained why he prefers that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar should emerge as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>Momodu said Atiku has the number and poses a serious threat to President Bola Tinubu ahead of 2027 general election.<\/p>\n<p>He stated this during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today programme on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Atiku had been running his business, investing in education and agriculture, saying it is a good example of what a leader should be.<\/p>\n<p>Momodu said: \u201cI said the best choice would be my candidate. Which is what I expect the \u2018Obidents\u2019 to say, which I expect those who are supporting Rotimi Amaechi to say, there is nothing wrong with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking at number one, the numbers. This game is a game of number. And the people who are most agreed today are from northern part of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you listened to Wike very well, they are all campaigning that the next President should still come from southern Nigeria. But they know very well that there is no Southerner today. The only one who could have attempted it is Wike. And since he\u2019s already supporting Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe moment you see people waging a campaign of calumny against Atiku, you must know he poses a great threat. Even my brother ( Daniel Bwala), who is about to come on now, I listened to him a few days ago appealing to Atiku to come and join their team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe they all know how formidable Atiku is since 1993 when he stepped down for his abducted father, who sadly died on this day in 1998, since then the man has been pursuing his ambition without having any state governor to give him money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been running his business, investing in education, investing in agriculture. For me, this is a good example of what a leader should be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Nigeria, you will never find a thug in front of Atiku\u2019s house. For me, these are things that are presented by him, and it is my right to say those things. I\u2019ve never asked anyone not to support Peter Obi. Obi is my very good friend today. If you ask me, one of the people that I believe should lead the coalition, it will be Obi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd as a Democrat, I\u2019m appealing to them. I hope they will be able to do it democratically so that they will not say, Oh, they forced one person on them. Let us, let them all go to the fields. Let all Obedients campaign for Obi. Let all those for Atiku and Amaechi also campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that is my belief, and I don\u2019t think there is anything wrong with that. I\u2019m happy that the coalition is fully ready and prepared\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has explained why he prefers that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar should emerge as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Momodu said Atiku has the number and poses a serious threat to President Bola Tinubu ahead of 2027 general election. 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