Atiku Warns Against Premature Celebration After ADC Primaries
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has declared that it is still too early to celebrate his emergence as the party’s flagbearer.
He called on all contestants who participated in the ADC primaries to set aside differences and work collectively to pull Nigeria out of the grip of corruption, incompetence, and what he described as the polarising administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement, Atiku said:
“I must state at this juncture that this is not the time to celebrate. No one was defeated because we are one party, and we all need to recognise the fierce urgency of the moment.
Therefore, we have to unite, as we pledged before this process, to work to pull our country and our people out of the destructive grip of a corrupt, incompetent and polarising APC government.”
He praised the ADC’s primary election committee for delivering a peaceful, free, fair, and transparent process across the nation.
“I thank the primary elections Committee for organising peaceful, free, fair and transparent primaries,” he added, extending gratitude to the party’s leadership organs, stakeholders, volunteers, members, and supporters for their dedication and conduct during the exercise.
Looking ahead, Atiku emphasized that the real work begins now that the primaries are concluded.
“With the primaries behind us, the real hard work is about to begin. We have to prepare to campaign hard to win the next general elections in order to begin the difficult process of rescuing our country and its long‑suffering people from this government,” he concluded.
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