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The Digest:

The political battle lines are being drawn not just around candidates, but around the very process of selecting them. According to The PUNCH, supporters of Peter Obi have responded to Atiku Abubakar's political positioning, declaring that their principal would never participate in a "dollarised" primary election where delegates are bought with foreign currency.

Key Points:
  • The Obidient Movement dismissed Atiku's vow to contest the ADC primaries as "mind games."
  • Obi's former campaign spokesman stated the candidate would never engage in vote-buying.
  • He criticized the normalization of purchasing delegates with dollars instead of naira.
  • This stance was framed as bringing a new political ideology to Nigeria's system.
  • The response comes after Atiku gave a BBC Hausa interview about his 2027 ambitions.
  • Atiku's media aide later clarified he never said he would "step down" for anyone.
  • The ADC coalition continues to seek formal commitments from major opposition figures.
This clash highlights a fundamental divide in Nigerian politics: a struggle between established transactional politics and a proclaimed new ethos of ideological contest.

Sources: The Punch