- ADC Suspends Presidential Primary Result Collation
- Atiku maintained clear lead over Amaechi and Hayatu-Deen during collation.
- ADC urged aggrieved aspirants to use party channels for complaints.
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Tuesday suspended the collation of results from its presidential primary election conducted across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The collation exercise was suspended around 11:50 p.m. after results from 25 states had been announced.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the party disclosed that the collation process and official declaration of the eventual winner would resume on Wednesday.
The exercise, taking place at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Abuja, is expected to continue by 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
Results announced so far showed that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, had established a clear lead over other aspirants, including former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and economist, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
Meanwhile, both Amaechi and Hayatu-Deen had earlier rejected the conduct of the primaries, alleging widespread manipulation and irregularities during the exercise.
The ADC has, however, urged the aggrieved aspirants to channel their complaints through established party structures and statutory electoral processes.
The party also advised them against making public allegations while the nationwide collation process remained incomplete.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, said there was currently no evidence proving that the presidential primary was rigged in favour of Atiku.
Abdullahi maintained that since collation had not been concluded, it was premature to either confirm or dismiss the allegations raised by some aspirants.
He stressed that the party remained committed to a transparent process and would address all grievances through the appropriate mechanisms provided within the party.
The ADC presidential primary is being closely monitored as the party prepares to produce its flagbearer ahead of the 2027 general election.
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