2027 Election: How Much APC, ADC Have Made From Presidential Forms So Far
- President Bola Tinubu and former vice president Atiku Abubakar would be gearing up for a rematch of the 2023 presidential election contest in 2027
- Analysis showed that the APC and ADC, the political parties of President Tinubu and Atiku, made N470 million from the sales of their presidential forms
- If Tinubu and Atiku win their political parties' primaries, their showdown in the election would be a rematch of their 2023 outing
President Bola Tinubu and his closest rival in the 2023 presidential election are set for a potential rematch in 2027. This is because both political titans have bought their parties' nomination forms to contest the primaries.
At the same time, the parties of Tinubu and Atiku, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), have made N470 million from the sales of their expression of interest and nomination forms so far.
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How many APC, ADC tickets were sold
Two persons have bought the presidential forms of the APC, which were sold at N100 million each. This means that the ruling party has made N200 million from the sales of its presidential nomination and expression of interest forms. On the other hand, the ADC has made N270 million from the sales of its presidential forms. Three people have bought the presidential forms, which are being sold at N90 million each.
While Tinubu will be contesting against Osifo Stanley, a businessman from Edo state, for the APC presidential ticket, Atiku will be facing Rotimi Amaechi, the former minister of transportation and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen in the ADC presidential primaries.
If Atiku and Tinubu win their parties' presidential tickets in the forthcoming primaries, they will face each other again in a high-stakes presidential election in 2027. The duo faced each other in the 2023 presidential election, and Tinubu defeated Atiku and others, garnering over eight million votes during the poll.
How Atiku, Tinubu performed in 2023 elections
Since his defeat in the 2023 elections, Atiku has been making moves to ensure that President Tinubu is not re-elected in the 2027 election. He has called on the opposition leaders to form a coalition and present a single candidate to actualise the sacking of President Tinubu in the election.
His desire was taking shape when opposition leaders, including the likes of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, also made strong statements in the 2023 elections. This led to the formation of a coalition movement, and the ADC was subsequently adopted as its political platform.
However, the coalition soon collapsed after Obi and Kwankwaso felt the former vice president would not be stepping down in the primaries, and the party was reluctant to zone its presidential ticket to the south. Obi and Kwankwaso left the ADC and joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) to actualise their presidential ambitions. It has been projected that Obi and Kwankwaso will run on a joint presidential ticket on the NDC platform.
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List of lawmakers who have defected
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Senate and the House of Representatives were shaken following a mass resignation of lawmakers from the ADC on Tuesday, May 5.
The development came 48 hours after Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso decided to dump the coalition for the NDC in the pursuit of their presidential ambition.
Four senators and 18 members of the House of Representatives dumped the ADC and joined the former presidential candidates in the NDC, except 1 senator and 1 Reps member, who joined another party.
Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
