2027: APC reacts as PDP's Atiku Abubakar eyes presidential bid

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has waved off the reported plan by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 and 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, to contest the 2027 election.

The APC director of publicity, Bala Ibrahim, in an interview with The Punch, published on Thursday morning, January 4, described Atiku’s 2027 ambition as the most laughable news of 2024.

Legit.ng reports that Atiku, 77, ran unsuccessfully for President of Nigeria six times, in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023.

Ibrahim said Atiku would lose the 2027 presidential election heavily. According to him, the PDP leader would be defeated again.

He said:

“Our party, which is the All Progressive Congress, thrashed Atiku not once, not twice. Even when we thought he had the energy and little credibility to make him viable to Nigerians, we defeated him completely.

“How can someone who is just trying to regain his balance be a threat to the APC come 2027? That is unthinkable; Atiku can never be a threat to the APC. He wasn’t a threat when he had little value. How can he be a threat when he is already valueless? It’s a dream that will not come to pass.’’

The APC official added: "Atiku is not a force to reckon with. He has never been a force to reckon with and he cannot be in 2027 when he must have diminished in terms of political value."