Bwala to Atiku, ‘Tinubu Will Defeat You’

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar would lose the 2027 presidential election to the ruling party.

On Wednesday, Abubakar, who was a guest on Arise News, said the 2027 general election will be his last shot at the presidency. He also spoke of his confidence in the opposition drive building within the African Democratic Congress (ADC), stating that any presidential candidate supported by the coalition would defeat Tinubu in 2027.

Bwala reacted via his X account, describing the ADC as a gathering of aggrieved “stateless” leaders and stating that Tinubu would defeat him again, as he did in 2023.

My former boss @atiku said “with a coalition candidate, President Tinubu @officialABAT is dead on arrival. Lol

But we know you are the coalition candidate YET (no vex sir), he defeated you in 2023 when you had governors, states, and structures.These governors, states and… pic.twitter.com/xfKkczqDQ3

— D. H Bwala (@BwalaDaniel) April 15, 2026

He wrote, “My former boss @atiku said, ‘with a coalition candidate, President Tinubu @officialABAT is dead on arrival. Lol, but we know you are the coalition candidate YET (no vex sir), he defeated you in 2023 when you had governors, states, and structures. These governors, states and structures are with him.

“With a coalition of aggrieved ‘STATELESS’ leaders, I doubt if President Tinubu would bother to check the scoreboard on the day.”

Recall that the former vice president has run for the presidency six times, appearing on the ballot three times: in 2007, 2019, and 2023.