WorldStage President Bola Tinubu’s Adviser on Political Matters, Ibrahim Kabiru Masari, has dismissed the 2027 presidential ambition of African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate Atiku Abubakar as a mere joke rooted in deep political desperation.
Speaking in Dutse on Sunday, September 27, 2026 in Jigawa State during an interactive engagement with members of the Jigawa Academics Forum (JAF), Masari asserted that the former vice president is well aware that his aspiration to lead the country remains completely unachievable.
He emphasized that ultimate political power is never attained through obsessive desperation, noting that Atiku’s continued electoral bids completely disregard current political realities and the widespread public endorsement of the incumbent administration.
“Even Atiku himself knows he is just joking and kidding about his 2027 presidential ambition,” Masari stated directly before an assembly of over 2,000 academic professionals drawn from various tertiary institutions from within and outside Jigawa State.
The senior presidential aide maintained that Nigerian citizens have moved far past recycled opposition rhetoric and are now firmly focused on consolidating the ongoing economic, agricultural, and infrastructural reforms championed under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
The high-profile gathering in Dutse also featured a unanimous vote of confidence passed by the academic community in favor of both President Tinubu and Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi.
The participating lecturers enthusiastically praised the superlative performances and tangible developmental strides recorded by both leaders at the federal and state tiers of governance, vowing to aggressively mobilize active grassroots support to secure their resounding re-election victories come 2027.
Masari further framed the fast-approaching electoral cycle as a definitive choice for the Nigerian electorate: a clear decision between sustaining the reform-oriented trajectory of the current administration or reverting to the perceived policy confusion of previous tenures.
He reiterated that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) remains formidable, united, and completely unperturbed by shifting political realignments or external coalition movements coalescing around opposition platforms like the ADC.
Masari therefore urged the public to stay focused on national growth and ignore political distractions from perennial contenders whose individual motivations serve personal ambitions rather than collective national progress.
Political analysts note that these sharp exchanges highlight the rising intensity of political maneuvering ahead of the upcoming national elections, as both the ruling party and opposition coalitions test public sentiment across the geopolitical zones.
