2027: We Received Phone Call From Buhari’s Grave To Vote Atiku – Dalung

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Solomon Dalung, has claimed that supporters of the get together obtained a cellphone name from the grave of former President Muhammadu Buhari, urging them to vote for Atiku Abubakar within the 2027 presidential election.

Dalung, a former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, made the declare throughout an look on Channels Television.

Atiku, the presidential candidate of the ADC, is anticipated to contest the presidency in opposition to incumbent President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), and different candidates.

Speaking on Atiku’s possibilities, Dalung mentioned the previous vice-president has a nationwide political construction and has inherited the political assist bases of former presidents Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Buhari.

Buhari polled 15.4 million and 15.2 million votes within the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections, respectively, after securing about 12.2 million votes within the 2011 election, which he contested beneath the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

Dalung mentioned the go to of Buhari’s spouse, Aisha, to Atiku’s residence in Abuja final month signalled the switch of the late president’s political assist to the ADC candidate.

“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,” he mentioned.

Dalung expressed confidence that Atiku would defeat Tinubu in 2027, no matter what he described as doable makes an attempt to frustrate the ADC’s participation within the election.

“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 mentioned.

The former minister additionally argued that Atiku’s political assist base was extra vital than the crowds politicians appeal to throughout rallies, which he described as “rented crowds”.

Dalung served as minister beneath Buhari between November 2015 and May 2019.

However, on Wednesday, he criticised the ADC management, accusing the get together’s National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, of unilaterally appointing caretaker committees throughout the states.

He mentioned the appointments undermined a case pending earlier than the Supreme Court and questioned the get together’s dedication to securing victory within the 2027 common election.

Buhari, who dominated Nigeria as a army head of state between 1983 and 1985 and as a civilian president from 2015 to 2023, died at a London clinic on July 13, 2025.