Ahead of the 2027 elections, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dele Momodu, has declared that the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is not the preferred choice of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Momodu said indications are showing that Obasanjo is favourably disposed towards the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Speaking on News Central TV on Monday, the former presidential candidate also disclosed that Atiku will be President if he is destined to be.

The veteran journalist also said the outcome of the 2027 presidential election would be determined by Nigerians’ assessment of the All Progressives Congress, APC, administration’s performance rather than divisions within the opposition.

He said: “The truth here is that President Obasanjo never prosecuted Atiku, we all knew what led to their beef. It’s a political season and everybody has their strategies and from what I have read and heard from impeccable sources it’s obvious that Obasanjo might be supporting former governor Peter Obi-Kwankwaso ticket.

“I read somewhere yesterday where my friend, Osuntokun said Obasanjo is the main sponsor of that ticket. If Atiku is destined to be President of Nigeria, no force will be able to stop it.

“So we are watching and it’s obvious that Atiku is not Obasanjo’s favourite candidate, I thought the issue has been laid to rest in 2019 because there is a video in circulation where Obasanjo described Atiku as the President to be, so I don’t know what resurrected that bitter feud between both of them.”

‎
‎Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has told Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke to start packing his belongings out of the Government House before it is too late.

MURIC noted that this is necessary due to the fact the people of the state have rejected him.

The organisation spoke in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Professor Isiaq Akintola on Monday.

Akintola alleged that the governor deceived the people of Osun State, noting that the recently commissioned flyover in Osogbo has been damaged just three weeks after its commissioning.

Akintola also stated that the governor turned his administration to a government of the people of Ede, his hometown.

He further condemned the governor for what he described as poor handling of local government affairs in the state.

“As preparations for the gubernatorial election in Osun on 15th August, 2026
‎enter top gear, we remind Governor Ademola Adeleke to start packing his dancing kits out of Oke-Fia Government House before it is too late.
‎
‎”For the flyover damaged after three weeks, for the alleged ‘edenisation’ of governance, for alleged mishandling of local government affairs, alleged examination malpractice, etc, we can’t look away.
‎
‎”Governor Adeleke has crossed the Rubicon. He will be roundly defeated in the coming gubernatorial election in Osun on 15th August, 2026. That will be his punishment for playing on the intelligence of Osun Muslims,” the statement said.
‎

The Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for closing the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, ahead of the 2027 general elections.

In an interview on Arise Television on Sunday, Amadi said voter registration should remain open until one month before the election.

According to him, INEC had made significant improvements, but it still operates with outdated processes.

“Closing voter registration nearly seven months before an election is unreasonable.

“It prevents many young Nigerians who turn 18 before Election Day from registering to vote, effectively denying them the opportunity to participate until the next election cycle,” he said.

Recall that INEC had reaffirmed that the ongoing CVR exercise would close on Sunday, July 26 (yesterday), urging eligible Nigerians to take advantage of the final opportunity to register or update their voter records.