Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President of Nigeria, has suspended his planned registration as a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) amid mounting speculation that former President Goodluck Jonathan may enter the 2027 presidential race and is being wooed by the party.
Atiku, who recently resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party after prolonged internal disputes, was scheduled to formalise his defection to ADC with the collection of his membership card.
The membership card would be presented to Atiku by ADC officials at his hometown of Jada, in the Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
However, Sunday PUNCH gathered that the ceremony, which was slated for Wednesday, August 6, was postponed indefinitely without an official explanation from the former vice president’s camp.
This is even as a chieftain of ADC told Sunday PUNCH that the party had been holding discreet talks with Jonathan over a possible presidential run in 2027.
Speaking with Sunday PUNCH, the ADC Chairman of the Adamawa State chapter, Shehu Yohana, said Atiku’s formal reception into the party had been postponed without a new date.
“I spoke with the former vice president on the phone Friday morning, and he told me he has shifted the event to mid-August, but no specific date was mentioned.
“From the way things are going, due to one issue or the other, the event may get to September.
“He (Atiku) said that he was waiting for some All Progressives Congress governors who are planning to join ADC to decamp before his event in Jada,” Shehu said.
