{"id":168938,"date":"2025-07-09T22:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-adc-coalition-candidate-must-emerge-from-primary"},"modified":"2025-07-09T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:18:10","slug":"2027-adc-coalition-candidate-must-emerge-from-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adc-coalition-candidate-must-emerge-from-primary","title":{"rendered":"2027 ADC Coalition Candidate Must Emerge from Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Mallam Salihu Lukman, has said whoever will fly the ticket of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, coalition in the 2027 election must earn it by winning at the primary.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the former APC chieftain noted that the party will avoid mistakes made in the past by both former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, among others willing to contest the ticket of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Channels TV on Tuesday, Lukman appealed to all supporters of the various presidential aspirants to join hands with the coalition to rescue Nigeria from the hands of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cOnce the opposition leaders are divided, if by 2027 we present more than one candidate, it\u2019s as much as granting victory to APC and President Asiwaju. So as much as possible, we must keep the opposition together, and in keeping the opposition together, it\u2019s not about asking anybody to step down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I appeal to the Obidients and other groups to really understand that the ADC and the coalition are the home for them. And they should come, and let\u2019s build ourselves together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Peter Obi emerges as the presidential candidate of ADC, we will all support him and strengthen him to overcome the shortcomings of the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo also, any other, if it is Atiku Abubakar that emerges, for instance, we will support him and strengthen him in such a way that he doesn\u2019t repeat the mistakes of former President Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think these are issues that, as citizens, as Nigerians, we must be very honest and frank in engaging them if we are going to move this country forward. This is the kind of debate we want to have in ADC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody will slug it out in the presidential primary, apparently.\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. Former Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Mallam Salihu Lukman, has said whoever will fly the ticket of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, coalition in the 2027 election must earn it by winning at the primary. 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