2027: We Received Phone Call From Buhari’s Grave To Vote Atiku – Dalung

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress(ADC ), Solomon Dalung, has actually declared that advocates of the celebration got a telephone call from the tomb of previous President Muhammadu Buhari, advising them to elect Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 governmental election.

Dalung, a previous Minister of Sports and Youth Development, made the claim throughout a look on Channels Television.

Atiku, the governmental prospect of the ADC, is anticipated to object to the presidency versus incumbent President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), and other prospects.

Speaking on Atiku’s possibilities, Dalung stated the previous vice-president has a nationwide political structure and has actually acquired the political assistance bases of previous presidents Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Buhari.

Buhari surveyed 15.4 million and 15.2 million votes in the 2015 and 2019 governmental elections, respectively, after protecting about 12.2 million votes in the 2011 election, which he objected to under the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

Dalung stated the go to of Buhari’s better half, Aisha, to Atiku’s home in Abuja last month signified the transfer of the late president’s political assistance to the ADC prospect.

“The message she considered any political leader to understand is that the 12 million votes have actually been effectively moved. We have had a telephone call from the tomb of Buhari that we must vote Atiku,” he stated.

Dalung revealed self-confidence that Atiku would beat Tinubu in 2027, regardless of what he referred to as possible efforts to irritate the ADC’s involvement in the election.

“I am positive that as occasions are unfolding, Tinubu, even if he would take control of the ADC secretariat and stop ADC from marketing, he can not beat Atiku Abubakar in 2027,” he stated.

The previous minister likewise argued that Atiku’s political assistance base was more considerable than the crowds political leaders bring in throughout rallies, which he referred to as “leased crowds”.

Dalung worked as minister under Buhari in between November 2015 and May 2019.

On Wednesday, he criticised the ADC management, implicating the celebration’s National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, of unilaterally designating caretaker committees throughout the states.

He stated the consultations weakened a case pending before the Supreme Court and questioned the celebration’s dedication to protecting success in the 2027 basic election.

Buhari, who ruled Nigeria as a military president in between 1983 and 1985 and as a civilian president from 2015 to 2023, passed away at a London center on July 13, 2025.