{"id":198390,"date":"2026-04-04T22:38:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027"},"modified":"2026-04-04T23:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:55:17","slug":"atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027","title":{"rendered":"Atiku Backs ADC Presidential Candidate for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to back anybody that emerges as the party\u2019s presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku said he would back the party\u2019s presidential candidate even if the person is a youth.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with DW Hausa, Atiku also dismissed claims that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, could undermine the ADC, noting that the party has continued to attract members nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe will support and endorse whoever emerges as the flagbearer. How many are we (presidential aspirants), three or four? In the PDP, more than ten of us contested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe youths have taken over the party. Most of those seeking elective positions, from councillor to State Assembly, National Assembly and House of Representatives, are young people. We have always said our party belongs to youths and women. Our role is to create the opportunity and hand it over to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he would back a youth as presidential candidate if ADC presents one, Atiku said, \u201cYes, why not,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllah has done everything for me. I have brought my sons and grandchildren home. What will be their future and that of their children?\u201d he said.<\/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. A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to back anybody that emerges as the party\u2019s presidential candidate. Atiku said he would back the party\u2019s presidential candidate even if the person is a youth. Speaking in an interview with DW Hausa, Atiku also dismissed claims that the Independent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Atiku Backs ADC Presidential Candidate for 2027 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to back anybody that emerges as the par ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atiku Backs ADC Presidential Candidate for 2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to back anybody that emerges as the par ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-04T21:38:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-04T22:55:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775343247.515388.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Atiku Backs ADC Presidential Candidate for 2027\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-04T21:38:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-04T22:55:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027\"},\"wordCount\":216,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775343247.515388.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/atiku-backs-adc-presidential-candidate-for-2027\",\"name\":\"Atiku Backs ADC Presidential Candidate for 2027 - 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