Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

The former vice president was declared the winner by the ADC Presidential Primary Electoral Committee in Abuja after a two-day collation process. The results and collation process have been rejected by his rivals, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and economist Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.

The returning officer for the exercise, Tunde Ogbeha, announced the results late Wednesday night after the collation process concluded.

According to the results declared, Atiku polled 1,846,370 votes to defeat his closest rivals, Rotimi Amaechi and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen. Ogheha mentioned that Amaechi secured 504,117 votes, while Hayatu-Deen scored 177,120 votes. The victory positions Atiku as the ADC’s standard bearer ahead of the 2027 presidential election, following weeks of consultations and political realignments within the opposition bloc.

This will be Atiku’s fourth time of being a Presidnetial candidate.