Atiku dey lead Amaechi, Hayatu-Deen for ADC presidential primaries as former Rivers State govnor reject results
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar leads the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primaries with wins in five states, including Zamfara and Gombe, while former Minister Rotimi Amaechi and economist Mohammed Hayatu-Deen trail in early results. The party has yet to formally announce nationwide results, but Atiku’s victories in multiple states suggest a strong early position for the 2027 election nomination.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has begun collating results from its presidential primaries to determine the party’s candidate for the 2027 Nigerian general elections. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is leading in early tallies, securing wins in five states: Gombe, Abia, Ebonyi, Sokoto, and Zamfara. In Zamfara, Atiku received 60,500 votes, defeating Mohammed Hayatu-Deen (446 votes) and Rotimi Amaechi (191 votes) in a primary held across all 147 wards. The state’s electoral committee chairman, Muhammad Musa, confirmed the results aligned with ADC guidelines and the Electoral Act 2026, with 61,137 votes cast out of 63,484 registered members. Atiku also dominated in Gombe, winning 139,334 votes compared to Amaechi’s 1,150 and Hayatu-Deen’s 464. In Abia, he secured 25,153 votes, while Amaechi and Hayatu-Deen received 18,339 and 3,264 votes, respectively. Similar trends were reported in Sokoto, where Atiku garnered 68,823 votes, and Ebonyi, where he led with 15,300 votes. The ADC electoral committee has yet to release official nationwide results, but preliminary figures from multiple states show Atiku maintaining a significant lead. The party’s primaries, held across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, feature Atiku, Amaechi, and Hayatu-Deen as the main contenders. Delegates from across Nigeria participated in the vote to select the party’s flagbearer for the upcoming election.
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