[This Day] Former Vice President Atiku, yesterday, won the presidential ticket of African Democratic Congress (ADC), polling 1,846,379 votes to defeat his closest rival, former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, who scored 540,117 votes to come second.
Atiku's sixth presidential bid through the ADC reveals the stagnant gerontocracy suffocating Nigeria's democracy—at 78, he's older than most African nations themselves, yet still positioning himself as the change agent against Tinubu's establishment. While younger leaders across the continent from Senegal's Faye to Ghana's rising voices reshape political narratives, Nigeria's opposition continues recycling the same faces that have dominated since the return to civilian rule in 1999. This isn't political experience; it's institutional inertia masquerading as wisdom.
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