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2027: Atiku strategically delays ADC membership card collection amid rumoured Jonathan comeback

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has deliberately halted his planned collection of the African Democratic Congress membership card, due to growing speculation that former President Goodluck Jonathan may join the 2027 presidential race and he is being wooed by the ADC.

Following protracted internal strife, Atiku recently resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party. He was supposed to retrieve his membership card to officially announce his defection to the ADC.

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ADC representatives would deliver the membership card to Atiku in his hometown of Jada, which is located in Adamawa State’s Jada Local Government Area.

Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar

However, reports obtained revealed that the ceremony, which was slated for Wednesday, August 6, was postponed indefinitely without an official explanation from the former vice president’s camp.

This comes as an insider and chieftain of ADC anonymously told newsmen that the party had been holding private talks with Jonathan over a possible presidential run in 2027.
Speaking with newsmen, the Adamawa State ADC chapter chairman, Shehu Yohana, said Atiku’s formal reception into the party had been postponed without a new date.

“I spoke with the former vice president on the phone Friday morning, and he told me he has shifted the event to mid-August, but no specific date was mentioned.

“From the way things are going, due to one issue or the other, the event may get to September.

“He (Atiku) said that he was waiting for some All Progressives Congress governors who are planning to join ADC to decamp before his event in Jada,” Shehu said.

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Tension over Atiku, Obi, Jonathan

Meanwhile, a national ADC leader, who wished to remain anonymous, told Sunday PUNCH that the delay might not be unrelated to the power struggle between Atiku and Peter Obi, the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party.

The party chieftain claimed that Atiku’s bid for president was in jeopardy because the Obi political movement had taken control of ADC institutions in the South.

“From all indications, if things did not work out well for Atiku within few weeks to come, I see him defecting to the Social Democratic Party,” he stated.

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Peter Obi

The party chieftain further disclosed that the suspension of Kaduna State’s former governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from SDP stemmed from the fear that Atiku may return and form what he described as a “political cartel” in the SDP.

Additionally, another principal member of the ADC in a separate interview also confirmed that the party had been holding talks with Jonathan to join the party.

“We are talking to him (Jonathan), and we are getting a positive response from him so far. I can assure you that he is not going to contest under the PDP; he knows the problem there. Does he want to wrestle with Wike who has the grip on the party? The former President is a gentleman and a refined politician,” the party chieftain said.

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He added: “The leaders of the coalition have met him about three times, and the ex-President appreciates their efforts to rescue the country from the current economic quagmire occasioned by President Bola Tinubu’s bad policies. He recalled how he left the country, and things have now gone worse.”

Following the growing speculation, Paul Ibe, Atiku’s media assistant, maintained, however, that the former vice president is not alarmed by the political aspirations of Jonathan and Obi or any other possible opponent.

In an interview with PUNCH on Saturday, Ibe also denied rumours that Atiku had put off his official ADC membership card pickup because of alleged discussions between the party and Jonathan, stating that Atiku’s registration process was still in progress and unaltered.

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“Nothing has changed; we don’t want to give mischief-makers an opportunity. Atiku Abubakar registered as a member of thw ADC in Jada ward of Jada Local Government Area, Adamawa State, and the process is still on, so nothing has been suspended,” Ibe said.

“Atiku is a democrat, and he cannot be threatened by anyone’s ambition. The beauty of democracy is that the minority will have its say, and then the majority will have its way. There will always be choices.

“Unlike what Tinubu is currently doing, using the instruments of state to lead everybody into a one-party dictatorship, Atiku will not be coming from where he is, where he feels that what Tinubu and the APC are doing is not democratic, and would want to prevent anyone from declaring their ambition,” he added.

“Atiku will not feel threatened by anybody deciding on their own volition to join the race. Though we don’t want to give legitimacy to the speculations, Atiku will not be threatened by anyone, either Jonathan or any other person who has decided to join the race. The more the merrier, so that Nigerians can make informed decisions,” Ibe said.

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