Presidential Primary That Produced Atiku Fell Below My Expectations – Dalung

Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has condemned the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primary.

Naija News reports that Dalung shared his reservations during an interview on a podcast hosted by Seun Okinbaloye.

Dalung, who was the chairman of the party’s primary election committee, stated that the election fell below his expectations.

He, however, stated that the coalition is not dead, although it is no longer as formidable as it was in preparation for the 2027 general elections.

“I’m not proud of the presidential primary that produced Atiku Abubakar because it fell below my expectations. But, of course, that is what we have now, and it is not good enough because I expected that we in the ADC would have done much better than this.

“I was an electoral officer; I witnessed some of these things that happened, and, of course, we should have outgrown them by this stage.

“After 26–27 years of democracy, we should not be talking about rigging of primaries or falsification of results,” he said.

Meanwhile, Dalung has lashed out at the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government over the country’s security situation.

He argued that the Federal Government do not seem to have a solution to the insurgency situation plaguing the nation.

Naija News reports that Dalung shared his reservations during an appearance on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’ on Friday.

He questioned the government’s failure to track bandits in the forest and to successfully arrest anyone who criticises them.

Dalung said, “They have all the gadgets to track anybody who criticises the government. They can pick him up in the next five minutes, but they don’t have equipment to track terrorists who display huge funds in the forest

“So I don’t know what unity the federal government is asking Nigerians to show against terrorism. Nigerians are determined to deal with terrorism, but the government seems not to have the political will to do so.

“The All Progressive Congress, APC, in all ramifications, seems not to have a solution to the security challenges confronting this country, and it pained me so much.

“The Federal Government has completely and woefully failed, and they don’t seem to have any iota of a solution to the ravaging insecurity that is across the country.

“In Plateau State now, it is not safe for you to travel on the highways, not because of the fear of terrorism, but you will run into a community that has been displaced by terrorists, and in anger they will take over the highways and begin to attack vehicles that look like those of leaders.”