Atiku Returns To Nigeria (Photos)

Former Vice President and 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has returned to Nigeria after an overseas trip.

This development was confirmed by former presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, in a post on her Facebook account late Saturday.

She wrote: “Welcome Home, Your Excellency.

“The next President of Nigeria, HE Atiku Abubakar has returned home from a brief overseas trip.

“Welcome home, Sir.

“God bless Nigeria.”

Meanwhile, Atiku has described the attempt to deregister the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), through judicial means, as evidence of the desperate determination of President Bola Tinubu to impose a one-party state in Nigeria.

Atiku said the move is also against the democratic wishes and aspirations of Nigerians.

According to him, President Tinubu is afraid of a free and fair 2027 election.

Naija News recalls that a Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party.

Justice Isah Dashen, who delivered the ruling on Friday, held that the court’s December 10, 2025, judgment adversely affected the rights of the Peace Movement Party, which was not joined as a party in the suit.

Reacting to the development, Atiku said he is not surprised by the disturbing situation, which may have grave consequences if the sinister plot to weaken opposition parties to help Tinubu have his way in the 2027 election comes to fruition.

According to Atiku in a statement on Saturday by his media office, the participation of citizens in a free, fair and credible poll is the soul of democracy, and any attempt to stifle such freedom of choice could be a trigger to chaos and anarchy.