Atiku didn’t do much to secure ADC presidential primary  —  Babachir Lawal

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Law Al, said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar did little to secure the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential ticket before being selected as the party’s candidate for the 2027 election.

Law Al made the comments on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, shortly after he resigned from the ADC following the controversial primary that produced Atiku as the flag bearer.

He explained that he and other party members had expected a competitive contest among the leading aspirants and were particularly impressed by the campaign of former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi.

“Someone like Rotimi Amaechi was very confident that if we go to primaries he would win. Everybody around him was extremely confident that Amaechi would win,” Law Al said.

“And for me, who has been in this process, I was watching the indices to see where his confidence was coming from. Among the three candidates, he was the one moving around, working hard to see that he got the ticket.”

Law Al contrasted Amaechi’s activities with what he described as Atiku’s low‑profile approach to the contest.

“Then, we have Atiku Abubakar. That time we used to wonder what is he going to do to win the primary because he was practically not doing much. He was not talking, he was not campaigning, he wasn’t going out,” he said.

“We were wondering how was he going to do it? So, we were watching how it was going to be done.”

Law Al resigned from the ADC after the party’s presidential primary, alleging irregularities in the process and accusing Atiku of manipulating the exercise in his favour.

The former SGF has remained one of the strongest critics of the primary outcome and has repeatedly argued that the process did not reflect the wishes of party members.

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