A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Solomon Dalung, has claimed that supporters of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari received a “phone call from his (Buhari) grave” urging them to vote for Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election. Dalung made the claim on Thursday during an appearance……
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Solomon Dalung, has claimed that supporters of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari received a “phone call from his (Buhari) grave” urging them to vote for Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election.
Dalung made the claim on Thursday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, while explaining why he believes Atiku has a strong political support base ahead of the election.
He linked the alleged message to a visit by Buhari’s widow, Aisha, to Atiku at his residence in Abuja last month, claiming that the courtesy visit signalled the transfer of the late president’s votes to the ADC candidate.
“The message she took for any politician to know is that the 12 million votes have been successfully transferred. We have had a phone call from the grave of Buhari that we should vote Atiku,” he said.
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The former Minister of Sports and Youth Development said Atiku had inherited the political structures of Buhari and former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, giving him a nationwide political network.
Buhari secured about 12.2 million votes in the 2011 presidential election under the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), before polling 15.4 million votes in 2015 and 15.2 million in 2019 under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Dalung expressed confidence that Atiku would defeat incumbent President Bola Tinubu in 2027, despite what he described as possible attempts to frustrate the ADC’s campaign.
“I am confident that as events are unfolding, Tinubu, even if he would take over the ADC secretariat and stop ADC from campaigning, he cannot defeat Atiku Abubakar in 2027,” he said.
He also argued that Atiku’s political support base was more significant than the large crowds politicians gather at rallies, which he described as “rented crowds”.
Dalung served as Minister of Sports and Youth Development under Buhari between November 2015 and May 2019.
Buhari, who ruled Nigeria as military Head of State from 1983 to 1985 and later served as civilian president from 2015 to 2023, died at a London clinic on July 13, 2025.
