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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has alleged that there are fresh attempts to ensure that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is not on the ballot for the 2027 general election.
Atiku, who is also the ADC presidential candidate for the 2027 general election, made the allegation in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Monday.
The former Vice President said he had received credible information that anti-democratic elements were allegedly plotting a coordinated onslaught to ensure that the ADC was excluded from the 2027 election.
He warned that any attempt to prevent the ADC from participating fully in the electoral process would represent one of the gravest assaults on Nigeria’s constitutional democracy since the return to civil rule.
According to him, “We are fully aware of their plots. While they seek to sow confusion within the opposition, we know their real target is the ADC because it represents the most credible alternative.
“We therefore call on all Nigerians—not just ADC members and supporters—to rise in defence of democracy and reject any attempt by the ruling party to cherry-pick which opposition parties are permitted to participate in the next general election.
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“Our message to the APC and the hooded men plotting in dark chambers is simple: you may conspire, but you will not succeed. If the APC is truly confident in its popularity, why is it so terrified of the ADC?”
Atiku, while stating that he hoped the information would not materialise, noted that recent developments had made it impossible to dismiss such warnings lightly.
“The pattern has become all too familiar. First, institutions that ought to be neutral are drawn into partisan contests. Then, frivolous litigations suddenly gain unusual momentum. Administrative powers are selectively deployed. Political pressure is mounted behind closed doors. Before long, democracy itself becomes the casualty.”
He noted that Nigerians had watched over the past months as every conceivable tactic had allegedly “been deployed against the opposition—from attempts to manufacture leadership crises to judicial ambushes, administrative harassment, and calculated efforts to delegitimise the country’s fastest-growing political movement.”
“The obsession with silencing the opposition has become so consuming that governance itself has taken a back seat. At a time when Nigerians are battling hunger, inflation, unemployment, insecurity, and collapsing purchasing power, those entrusted with public office appear preoccupied with political survival rather than national survival.”
He added, “No administration has the constitutional authority to determine which political party Nigerians are permitted to vote for. Sovereignty belongs to the people—not to those who temporarily wield power. The ballot is sacred, and every attempt to tamper with it is an attack on the Republic itself.”
