Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has sparked political debate after claiming that supporters of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari received a message from his grave instructing them to vote for Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election.

Dalung, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), made the claim during an appearance on Channels Television on Thursday, November 12, while discussing the opposition’s chances against President Bola Tinubu.

He linked the alleged political shift to a recent visit by Buhari’s widow, Aisha Buhari, to Atiku in Abuja.

According to Dalung, the visit sent a strong political signal about where Buhari’s supporters would cast their votes in the next election.

He said, “Last month you saw when the wife of the late president visited Atiku in Abuja. 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.”

The former minister also said he was confident Atiku would beat Tinubu, arguing that the ADC presidential hopeful had taken over the political structures linked to Buhari and former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

Dalung said, “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 went further to portray Tinubu as a weak contender, stressing that the opposition had what it takes to unseat him in the next election.