We Have Had A Phone Call From The Grave Of Muhammadu Buhari That We Should Vote Atiku—Solomon Dalung

Former Minister of Sports, lawyer and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Solomon Dalung, has expressed confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would not defeat former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 general election, arguing that Atiku possesses a nationwide political structure capable of challenging the ruling party. Dalung made the remarks during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, November 12, 2026.

The former minister maintained that even if the Federal Government or the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took measures to prevent the ADC from operating freely or conducting campaigns, such actions would not stop Atiku from defeating Tinubu at the polls. “I am as confident as I am as events are unfolding that Tinubu, even if he will take over the ADC secretariat and stop ADC from campaigning, he cannot defeat Atiku Abubakar in 2027,” Dalung said.

Explaining the basis for his confidence, Dalung described Atiku as the only politician in Nigeria with a national political structure, claiming that the former Vice-President inherited an established political network associated with the late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua. “The reason is very simple. Atiku Abubakar is the only politician in Nigeria who has a national structure. He inherited the structure of late General Musa Yar’Adua because he is a political product of General Musa Yar’Adua,” he stated.

Dalung also referenced the political support base associated with former President Muhammadu Buhari, particularly the approximately 12 million votes often associated with Buhari’s presidential campaigns. “That of General Muhammadu Buhari’s 12 million votes. Last month or thereabout, you saw when the wife of the late president visited Atiku in his residence in Abuja. The message she took for any politician to know is that the 12 million votes have been successfully transferred,” Dalung said.

He went further to describe the alleged transfer of political support in striking terms, suggesting that Buhari’s political legacy was now being directed towards Atiku. “We have had a phone call from the grave of Buhari that we should vote Atiku. Therefore, there is much on the ground for them to resolve. So, it is not these rented crowds carrying them everywhere,” Dalung stated.

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