The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has announced that his participation in any presidential debates ahead of the 2027 general elections will be strictly conditional on the presence of President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku, who serves as the leader of the coalition of opposition parties, accused the APC-led administration of using debate platforms to pit opposition candidates against one another while evading public accountability.