2027: Atiku will lose polling unit to Tinubu, APC declares

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA — Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ali Bukar Dalori, has predicted that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will lose even his polling unit in Adamawa State to President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), hails from Adamawa State. Dalori, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the graduation ceremony of women trained under the Tinubu-Shettima Village-to-Village campaign, also predicted that Tinubu would defeat Atiku in Borno, Yobe and other states in the North-East. “I don’t think that Atiku can disrupt the North-East. Why? Even Adamawa, his hometown, he will not win, even at his polling unit. I will assure you of that,” he said.

Dalori said his prediction was informed by his experience as a grassroots politician and his understanding of the region’s political dynamics. He cited ongoing federal road projects as a major factor he believes would boost the APC’s chances in the region. The projects, he said, included the Gombe-Bauchi and Bauchi-Maiduguri roads, as well as the Maiduguri-Gamboru Ngala corridor linking Nigeria with Chad. He also referred to sections of the Maiduguri-Biu road that had previously been left incomplete, arguing that the continuation of such projects could strengthen the ruling party’s appeal to voters. Dalori said residents would consider the projects when deciding whom to support in 2027, adding that the contest should not be judged solely on Atiku’s place of origin or past electoral performance. In the 2023 presidential election, Atiku, then the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), won Adamawa and other states in the North-East, while Tinubu secured the presidency despite losing several…