In line with analysts’ prediction, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was on Wednesday announced the winner of the presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress for the 2027 general election, the fourth time he won a presidential ticket since 2007 when he contested the presidential election on the platform of the Action Congress. Will Atiku realise the ambition he has been nursing since 1993, when he contested the presidential primaries of the Social Democratic Party? Ejiofor Alike asks

• Polls 1,846,379 votes, Amaechi 540,117, Hayatu-Deen 177,120

Veteran politician, Atiku Abubakar, outperformed two rival aspirants in a primary election that will see him stand for the party in the 2027 presidential elections.