Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has won the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primary election, scoring 1,846,370 votes to defeat his closest rivals, Rotimi Amaechi and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has officially won the presidential primary election of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), clinching the party’s standard-bearer ticket for the upcoming 2027 general elections. Senator Tunde Ogbeha, the designated returning officer of the ADC presidential primary election committee, announced Abubakar as the definitive winner of the nationwide primary poll on Wednesday night at the central collation facility. The successful completion of the exercise follows a highly competitive multi-state voting window conducted simultaneously across the country’s various geopolitical zones, establishing the party’s structural readiness to field a formidable front for the executive seat.
The official tally released by the electoral committee showed that Abubakar secured a commanding landslide victory by polling a total of 1,846,370 votes across the federation. With this significant margin, the former vice-president comfortably defeated two other high-profile contenders for the ticket: the former Minister of Transportation and ex-governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, who polled 504,117 votes, and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, the prominent economist and former managing director of the defunct FSB International Bank, who garnered 177,120 votes. The adoption of the direct primary method saw millions of accredited party members cast their ballots within their local wards, creating a transparent dataset that tilted heavily in favor of the veteran politician’s nationwide political machinery.
The certification of the final results solidifies the ADC’s primary election roadmap, which was strictly monitored by representatives from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure compliance with the newly amended Electoral Act. Party stakeholders have lauded the logistical execution of the exercise, noting that the substantial voter turnout reflects growing grassroots mobilization and internal structural stability. Moving forward, the national executive council of the party is expected to formally present Atiku Abubakar with his certificate of return, initiating a comprehensive unification drive across all state chapters to build a cohesive national campaign framework ahead of the general elections.
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