Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has stirred controversy after claiming that supporters of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) received a phone call from the grave of former President Muhammadu Buhari, asking them to support former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election.
Dalung, an ADC chieftain, made the startling claim on Thursday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he discussed the opposition party’s chances in the next general election.
He linked the alleged development to a recent meeting between Buhari’s widow, Aisha, and Atiku in Abuja, claiming that the visit signalled the transfer of the late president’s political support base to the former Vice-President.
According to him, Buhari’s estimated 12 million votes had been successfully transferred to Atiku following Aisha’s visit.
“Last month you saw when the wife of the late president visited Atiku in Abuja. The message she took for any politician to know is that the 12 million votes have been successfully transferred. We have had a phone call from the grave of Buhari that we should vote Atiku,” Dalung said.
The former minister further claimed that Atiku had inherited the political structures of two former Nigerian leaders, Buhari and the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, giving him a strong political network across the country.
Dalung also expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu would be unable to defeat Atiku in 2027, even if the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) prevented the ADC from carrying out its campaign activities.
“I am confident that as events are unfolding, Tinubu, even if he would take over the ADC secretariat and stop ADC from campaigning, he cannot defeat Atiku Abubakar in 2027,” he declared.
He also accused Tinubu of being apprehensive about the next presidential election, describing him as a weak contender who could be defeated by virtually anybody.
“I have never seen a weak president in an election like Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If you drag anybody on the street and put him on a ballot at a contest with Tinubu, he will defeat him,” he said.
Dalung’s comments come amid political realignments within opposition circles ahead of the 2027 general election and growing speculation over the political implications of Aisha Buhari’s meetings with Atiku.
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