Dalung claims Buhari’s ‘message from the grave’ urged ADC supporters to vote Atiku in 2027
Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has claimed that supporters of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) received a phone call from the grave of former President Muhammadu Buhari, urging them to vote for Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election.
Dalung, an ADC chieftain, made the claim on Thursday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he also linked the alleged message to a recent visit by Buhari’s widow, Aisha, to Atiku in Abuja.
“Last month you saw when the wife of the late president visited Atiku in Abuja. 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 said.
Dalung maintained that Atiku had inherited the political structures of former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, giving him a nationwide political network.
He also expressed confidence in Atiku’s chances in the 2027 presidential election, arguing that President Bola Tinubu would struggle to defeat the ADC candidate even if the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) prevented opposition parties from campaigning.
“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 said.
The former minister further alleged that Tinubu was apprehensive about the 2027 election.
“I have never seen a weak president in an election like Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If you drag anybody on the street and put him on a ballot at a contest with Tinubu, he will defeat him,” he said.
