{"id":120424,"date":"2025-07-07T18:03:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=120424"},"modified":"2025-07-07T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:03:55","slug":"adc-presidential-ticket-negotiations-not-yet-on-the-table-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/adc-presidential-ticket-negotiations-not-yet-on-the-table-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC: Presidential ticket negotiations not yet on the table \u2013 Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1836930093499739004\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1836930093499739004-header\" class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa, Abuja<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-f:1836930093499739004-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As political realignment within the mega coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) continues to take shape, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has stated that the issue of presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections has not come up for discussion.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He however, asserted that the coalition is going to produce a competent presidential candidate that will be acceptable to most Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former governor of Anambra State made the remark on Sunday while speaking in a television interview.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said: \u201cAgain, this is not in play. Nobody has ever discussed that (being running mate to Atiku). People assume so many things. Nobody has ever discussed with me whether I\u2019m going to be A or B or C, that he is going to contest for the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I don\u2019t believe in assumptions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m part of a coalition which will be able to produce a competent president with capacity.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere\u2019s no option here. So we\u2019re not talking about options. It has to be on the ballot. Well, the rest is for Nigerians to decide.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The anti-Tinubu coalition had on Wednesday formally adopted ADC as its official political platform for the 2027 elections, with the aim of unseating the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coalition is being led by prominent political figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai; former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi; and Mr Peter Obi, among others.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-7537308982638829191ymail_android_signature\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa, Abuja As political realignment within the mega coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) continues to take shape, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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