“We Received a Phone Call from Buhari’s Grave to Vote Atiku” — Dalung

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress and former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has claimed that supporters of the party received a phone call from the grave of former President Muhammadu Buhari, urging them to vote for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2027 election.

The claim was made on Thursday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, ValidViewNetwork reports .

THE CLAIM

Dalung linked the alleged message to a recent visit by Buhari’s widow, Aisha, to Atiku in Abuja. “Last month you saw when the wife of the late president visited Atiku in Abuja. The message she took for any politician to know is that the 12 million votes have been successfully transferred,” he said . “We have had a phone call from the grave of Buhari that we should vote Atiku”.

Dalung argued that Atiku had inherited the political structures of both Buhari and former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, giving him a nationwide political network.

THE ATTACK ON TINUBU

Dalung also dismissed the possibility of President Bola Tinubu defeating Atiku in 2027.

“I am confident that as events are unfolding, Tinubu, even if he would take over the ADC secretariat and stop ADC from campaigning, he cannot defeat Atiku Abubakar in 2027,” he said.

He alleged that President Tinubu is scared of the 2027 election.”I have never seen a weak president in an election like Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If you drag anybody on the street and put him on a ballot at a contest with Tinubu, he will defeat him”.

THE REACTION

The claim has been met with incredulity and ridicule on social media, with many Nigerians questioning the sanity of a political discourse that has descended to claims of phone calls from the dead.

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WHY IT MATTERS

This is not a political statement. It is a symptom of a broader malaise in Nigerian politics.

Dalung is not a fringe figure. He is a former minister, a chieftain of a political party, and a regular commentator on national television. His claim, however bizarre, reflects a political culture in which facts are optional, evidence is irrelevant, and the only thing that matters is the soundbite.

The claim also raises questions about the state of the opposition. If this is the level of discourse from a senior ADC chieftain, what does it say about the party’s preparedness for 2027?

For Atiku, the association with Dalung’s claim is not helpful. He is a serious politician with a long record. He does not need to be linked to supernatural endorsements.

The campaign is in its early stages, but the tone is already set. And it is not a tone of seriousness. It is a tone of spectacle, of absurdity, of a political class that has lost touch with reality.

Buhari is dead. The phone call is a fantasy. And the 2027 election deserves better than this. ValidViewNetwork reports.