Former Minister of Youth and Sports and prominent ADC chieftain, Solomon Dalung, has claimed that supporters of the party received a phone call from the grave of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, allegedly directing them to support Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election.
Dalung made the claim on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, linking it to the visit by Aisha Buhari, widow of the late president, to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Abuja last month.
According to Dalung, the visit signals that the 12 million votes associated with Buhari’s supporters have shifted to Atiku. He further claimed that Atiku has inherited the political support of two former Nigerian presidents: Muhammadu Buhari and the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
The former minister also expressed confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would struggle to defeat Atiku in the 2027 presidential election, even if the government takes over the ADC national secretariat and prevents the party from campaigning.
Dalung further accused Tinubu of being afraid of the forthcoming election, insisting that whoever emerges as the opposition candidate in 2027 could defeat the president with ease.
