Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has warned that any interference by the Tinubu administration, INEC, or the judiciary in the internal affairs of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) will be fiercely resisted following his victory at the party’s presidential primary.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has issued a stern warning to the Federal Government, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the judiciary, stating that any attempt to interfere in the internal operations of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) will be fiercely resisted. Abubakar delivered the warning on Wednesday night immediately after being declared the winner of the ADC presidential primary election, where he polled a commanding 1,846,370 votes across the federation. The newly minted standard-bearer accused state institutions of actively trying to weaken opposition platforms ahead of the 2027 general elections, alerting party faithful to remain vigilant against state-sponsored subversion.
Addressing party delegates, Abubakar contextualized his victory not as a moment of triumph, but as an urgent call to halt what he described as Nigeria’s rapid descent into economic collapse, extreme nepotism, and systemic insecurity under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). While he congratulated his fellow contestants for their patriotism, the festive mood was heavily dampened by his immediate challengers, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and veteran banker Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, who both alleged widespread irregularities in the conduct of the nationwide direct primary polls. Despite these internal frictions, Abubakar maintained that the democratic exercise was necessary to challenge the current government’s aggressive push toward establishing a monolithic, one-party state.
The former vice-president explicitly called out the regulatory bodies for allegedly plotting to shrink the political space by targeting minority parties with arbitrary regulatory sanctions and legal bottlenecks. He emphasized that the survival of Nigeria’s multi-party democracy depends entirely on the independence of opposition platforms to choose their leaders without executive overreach or judicial manipulation. Reaffirming his stance against external coercion, Abubakar stated: “The government and INEC continue to undermine it (ADC), even trying to deregister it. Let me warn again that any further attempt to interfere in the affairs of the party by the presidency, INEC and judiciary will be fiercely resisted.”
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