Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation magazine and a chieftain
of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has asked the party to zone its
presidential ticket to the north ahead of the 2027 elections.
Speaking on Wednesday during his appearance on The Morning
Show, a programme on Arise TV, Momodu said the ADC must adopt a strategic
approach to defeat the All Progressives Congress (ADC) in 2027.
“My advice to ADC is simple: time is not on our side. I have
attempted to contest twice — in 2011 and 2023 — and I know that the head of an
elephant is not a child’s play,” Momodu said.
Momodu said defeating President Bola Tinubu in 2027 would
require more than popularity, noting that the ADC needs strong coordination and
consensus.
The media entrepreneur said the ADC already has experienced
contenders, including key figures from the 2023 elections and should not
“reinvent the wheel”.
He cited the political strategies that led to the victory of
former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, arguing that elections are won
through structure and coalition-building rather than sentiment.
“We have in the ADC today, at least two of the leading
contestants in the last election. So you do not need to reinvent the wheel.
What it takes to win an election is not just the crowd, noise, ideas or how
brilliant you are,” he said.
“Go back to the drawing board and look at how Buhari
captured power in 2015. Right now, Tinubu is so formidable that you are not
just going to produce a candidate who can take him out. It doesn’t work that
way.”
The ADC chieftain referenced electoral outcomes in the
United States and Liberia, arguing that perceived disadvantages such as age do
not necessarily determine electoral success.
“You would remember that Joe Biden was removed from the
radar by the Democrats in America. They said he was old and senile. Then the
Democrats brought Kamala Harris. She raised a lot of money [for the campaign].
A lot of us really liked her. But at the end of the day, she could not defeat
Donald Trump,” he said.
“Everything, including old age, was said against Donald
Trump, but he defeated Kamala. In Liberia, where we have Joseph Boakai, the old
man was able to take out George Weah, the biggest and most famous Liberian
alive.”
When asked to name his preferred presidential aspirant in
the ADC, Momodu said Atiku.
“My preference is Atiku. I have never minced words on that,”
he said.
He advised the ADC to focus on the north, where there is
strong disaffection towards the APC.
“In matters of strategy, ADC must go to a part of the
country where there are the most disgruntled people against the APC. The people
who worked for Tinubu to become president were partly the Buhari gang. Today,
they are angry and disappointed that they have been abandoned,” he said.
“Nasir el-Rufai is languishing in detention, Abubakar Malami
is being harassed up and down. So, that team is waiting for ADC to capture.
When you go in that direction, you have Atiku, Aminu Tambuwal, el-Rufai and
others.
“Let ADC go all out to capture. If you pick Atiku, he comes
from the north-east, where the APC currently has the vice-president. But I am
sure the north-east, which is a major catchment area, would be very happy to
have a president.”
Momodu said zoning the ADC presidential ticket to the
north-east, Atiku’s region, would be strategic, adding that the area has not
produced a president since the era of Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa.
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