Posted by Chinenye on Fri 13th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
Former Sports Minister Solomon Dalung says President Tinubu will still lose the 2027 election to Atiku Abubakar, even if the ADC is prevented from campaigning.
(Solomon Dalung. Photo by Punch News)
Solomon Dalung, a former Minister of Youth and Sports and an ADC chieftain, is confident that President Bola Tinubu cannot defeat former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election.
Dalung, who also heads the Mandate Protection Directorate of the ADC presidential campaign, made the claim on Politics Today, a television programme.
He said Tinubu would still lose even if he took over the ADC secretariat and stopped the party from campaigning.
Dalung said Atiku is the only politician in Nigeria with a national structure.
He added that Atiku inherited that structure from the late General Shehu Musa Yar Adua, whose political product he is.
Dalung also claimed that the 12 million votes linked to the late President Muhammadu Buhari have moved to Atiku.
He pointed to a recent visit by Buhari's wife to Atiku's residence in Abuja, saying she carried a message that the votes had been transferred.
He said the visit amounted to a message from the grave that people should vote for Atiku, and that this gives his camp real momentum to win.