The African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Dumebi Kachikwu, said on Thursday the party has been deliberately structured to produce former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate in the 2027 election by members of the opposition group.
Members of the opposition. coalition on Wednesday unveiled the interim executive committee for the ADC with the duo of former Senate President, David Mark and ex-Osun State governor. Rauf Aregbesola appointed as chairman and secretary, respectively.
The opposition coalition had earlier adopted the ADC as their platform for the 2027 election.
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Kachikwu, who addressed journalists in Abuja, said the group told him during their meeting that their main interest was reclaiming power.
He challenged the coalition leaders to prove him wrong by zoning the 2027 presidential ticket to the South.
He said: “The Coalition was engineered and designed to produce Atiku Abubakar as the standard flag bearer. If not, I challenge them to make a statement that the ADC 2027 Presidential ticket is for Southerners.
“All they were saying during my meeting with them was that they wanted to take their power back.”
