Convener of the League of Northern Democrats, Umar Ardo, has declared that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar would possibly emerge victorious within the presidential main of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) if he determined to contest.
Talking throughout a programme, Focus Nigeria, aired on the African Impartial Tv (AIT), Ardo stated he had analysed attainable eventualities forward of the social gathering’s main election.
Whereas discussions round a consensus candidate would possibly come up inside the social gathering, he famous that such an association would require key contenders, together with Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi, to step down, a scenario he described as unlikely.
He defined that, “Consensus will solely be possible if main aspirants willingly relinquish their ambitions in favour of a single candidate, this might show tough given the political realities and the robust assist bases of these concerned.”
He additional defined that if there was to be a consensus, it could imply that the contenders must step down, including that Atiku, Peter Obi, Amaechi, and others must step apart for one more candidate.
Ardo believed that Obi’s loyal supporters, “the Obidient Motion”, would strongly resist any transfer for him to step down, asserting that Obi himself could be inclined to take action beneath sure circumstances.
He additionally expressed the view that though Atiku’s supporters would possibly settle for a consensus association, the previous Vice President himself was unlikely to withdraw from the race.
The northern political determine maintained that if all aspirants proceeded to contest the first election, Atiku stood a transparent probability of clinching the social gathering’s ticket, no matter whether or not the method was performed by means of direct primaries or by delegates.
“If all of them go into the primaries, then Atiku will win, be it by delegates or direct primaries. Atiku will 100 per cent win the primaries, even when they’re performed a number of instances,” he stated.
Chuks Okocha
Times Nigeria