Presidential aspirants under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have reportedly agreed to enter a concrete agreement to support whoever becomes the party’s flagbearer.
One of the presidential hopefuls in the coalition movement, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this to reporters on Friday.
Recall that former vice president Atiku Abubakar, former minister of transport Rotimi Amaechi and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have all declared their intentions to run for presidency in 2027 election and all are part of the opposition coalition in ADC.
Although there are rumours that the party will zone it’s presidential ticket to the north to allow Atiku contest against President Bola Tinubu, the ADC’s interim national chairman, Senator David Mark stated that the party has no preferred candidate.
David Mark also assured ADC supporters that under his leadership, the party would be “absolutely transparent.”
Amaechi clarified that the agreement to support whoever emerges residential candidate would revolve around a common understanding of what a transparent primary is, expressing fear that the process may be hijacked.
“What we agreed in principle, and I must say there is a need to lay the cards on the table – what we agreed is that whoever emerges from a transparent primary will be supported by everyone.
“But first, we need to sit down and define what we mean by transparent because it’s easy for someone to hijack the process and still call it transparent,” he said.
