Atiku, Obi, Amaechi: ADC Told Who Should Be Its Presidential Candidate

• Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar-caolition has been warned on whom to push forward as the party's presidential candidate in the next election
• Titilope Anifowoshe, a legal practitioner, gave the warning while speaking with Legit.ng in an exclusive interview
• The legal icon explained that the coalition needed to push forward a youth-oriented and nationally accepted candidate

The coalition has been urged to consider a "credible, clean and nationally appealing candidate" for the 2027 election. Titilope Anifowoshe, a legal practitioner, made the call in an exclusive interview with Legit.ng.

Anifowoshe explained that the candidate should have good antecedents in legislative leadership, civic engagement and public service. She added that Nigeria needs a coalition with a common vision and not just to win the election.

ADC urged to elect candidate of good character

The legal icon explained that the prospective candidate should be able to appeal to the youth and have good character. Such a candidate should be politically mature, have a reform-minded approach, as well as regional balance.

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She said:

"If the aim is to present a credible, clean, and nationally appealing candidate, then ADC’s frontrunners deserve serious consideration. Their antecedents, especially in public service, legislative leadership, and civic engagement, speak for themselves.

"But beyond personality, what Nigeria needs is a coalition based on shared vision, not just electoral arithmetic. The ideal candidate should combine competence with character, youth appeal with regional balance, and reform-mindedness with political maturity. Nigeria's future shouldn't be mortgaged to name recognition alone.

"Let the coalition select not the loudest, but the most unifying and credible flagbearer, grounded in integrity and deeply connected to today's reality."

Coalition adopts ADC as its political platform

Recall that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) was recently adopted as the political platform of the coalition movement, which was started by the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who has vowed to contest in the 2027 presidential election. He started by calling on opposition leaders to come together in a bid to sack President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.

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Many opposition leaders, including the likes of Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party; Rotimi Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers and ex-minister under the late President Muhammadu Buhari; and Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna.

While many political pundits have shared the view that Atiku would likely emerge as the presidential candidate of the ADC in the next election, Obi and Amaechi have declared their interest in the presidential ticket of the party.

ADC cautioned over criticism of Buhari's burial

Legit.ng earlier reported that the coalition party, ADC, has been cautioned against playing politics beyond national emotions, citing its statement on former President Muhammadu Buhari's burial.

Titilope Anifowoshe, a legal practitioner, gave the warning in an exclusive interview with Legit.ng, following ADC's criticism of President Bola Tinubu's attendance at Buhari's burial.

The ADC had earlier alleged that the president was using Buhari's burial to whitewash himself and seek the emotional support of the electorate.

Source: Legit.ng