{"id":196099,"date":"2026-02-24T22:06:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:16:55","slug":"2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future","title":{"rendered":"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Treasurer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mani Ahmad, says the outcome of the recent FCT Area Council polls and the bye-election in Kano and Rivers States are not indicative of future results in the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad said this on Tuesday during an interview on \u2018Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to the recent FCT Area Council election and the bye-election in Kano and Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling All Progressives Congress, clinched five Area Councils while the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won in Gwagwalada Area Council.<\/p>\n<p>The APC also cleared the bye-elections in Rivers and Kano States.<\/p>\n<p>The ADC chieftain in a reaction said, \u201cIf anybody expects that the results of these elections in the FCT, Rivers, and Kano would be our scorecard and that nothing will change in 2027, then they will be in for a big surprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignificant efforts are underway to unite the front team, integrate experienced individuals, and develop a clear strategy for winning future elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party and its members are dedicated to this objective.\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. The National Treasurer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mani Ahmad, says the outcome of the recent FCT Area Council polls and the bye-election in Kano and Rivers States are not indicative of future results in the 2027 general elections. Ahmad said this on Tuesday during an interview on \u2018Morning Brief\u2019, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":196098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-196099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Treasurer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mani Ahmad, says the outcome of the recent FCT Area Coun ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Treasurer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mani Ahmad, says the outcome of the recent FCT Area Coun ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T21:06:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T22:16:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T21:06:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T22:16:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future\",\"name\":\"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T21:06:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T22:16:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The National Treasurer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mani Ahmad, says the outcome of the recent FCT Area Coun ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future - Nigeria","description":"The National Treasurer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mani Ahmad, says the outcome of the recent FCT Area Coun ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future","og_description":"The National Treasurer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mani Ahmad, says the outcome of the recent FCT Area Coun ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2026-02-24T21:06:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T22:16:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future","datePublished":"2026-02-24T21:06:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T22:16:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future"},"wordCount":196,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future","name":"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-24T21:06:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T22:16:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The National Treasurer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mani Ahmad, says the outcome of the recent FCT Area Coun ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771971222.149662.jpg","width":1200,"height":720,"caption":"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-adc-says-recent-polls-not-indicative-of-future#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2027 ADC Says Recent Polls Not Indicative of Future"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}