Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for unity within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) following his emergence as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general election.
Atiku made the appeal in a statement posted on X on Wednesday after defeating former Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi and businessman Mohammed Hayatu-Deen in the party’s primary election.
The ADC chieftain urged the aspirants and party members to put aside differences and work together ahead of the 2027 elections.
“I must state at this juncture that this is not the time to celebrate. No one was defeated because we are one party, and we all need to recognise the fierce urgency of the moment.
“Therefore, we have to unite, as we pledged before this process, to work to pull our country and our people out of the destructive grip of a corrupt, incompetent and polarising APC government,” Atiku said.
