Atiku Abubakar urged Osun voters to support the ADC, describing it as different from other political parties and promising better governance.
Atiku Abubakar raising the hand of ADC governorship candidate in Osun State, Najeem Salaam, at a rally in Osogbo on Monday, August 10, 2026.
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2027 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said the party is now home to the best of Nigerians.
Atiku made the statement on Monday in Osogbo during the grand finale of the ADC governorship campaign rally in Osun State, where he appealed to supporters to vote for the party’s candidate, Najeem Salaam, in Saturday’s election.
He said the ADC was different from other political parties and assured the people of Osun State that they would not regret voting for the party.
“I have come today to appeal to you to vote for the ADC. This is because the ADC I can assure you is different from APC, is different from Accord, is different from all other parties because the best of Nigerians is today in ADC. So, I have come and I am appealing to you, the next governorship election, you should vote for ADC.
“I believe you will not regret voting ADC in the forthcoming elections, that is why I have come personally to relate with you, to thank you for your previous support and to appeal to you to vote ADC in the next gubernatorial election,” Atiku said.
He thanked the supporters for turning out in large numbers for the rally, adding that the turnout had strengthened the optimism of the party leadership that victory in the election was within reach.
Also present at the rally were the ADC National Secretary and former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola; the party’s National Chairman, David Mark; and other party stalwarts, who joined in rallying support for Salaam ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
Aregbesola said the ADC was going into the election on its own and expressed confidence in the party’s victory.
Salaam, a former Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, is the ADC candidate in the election.
The people of Osun State will head to the polls on Saturday, August 15, to elect a governor for the next four years, with incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of Accord Party, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Oyebamiji and ADC candidate Najeem Salaam emerging as the major contenders in the race.
