Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has explained the choice of Sen. David Alachenu Mark as the interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

He said the choice was predicated on the seriousness of the leaders of the Coalition to evolve into a serious alternative in the polity.

This was just as he said that the ADC was not championing any individual’s interest, but harmonising the interest of several personalities to push forward solutions to salvage Nigeria.

Atiku, who stated this through his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, pointedly said that Senator Mark is not a politician that can be pushed around, stressing that the former President of the Senate has integrity and the experience to guide the Coalition through its formative phase.

Atiku, made the disclosure while dismissing claims by Bayo Onanuga, Spokesperson to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the emergence of ADC as a coalition of desperate failed politicians.

The former Vice-President stressed that rather than address the deepening economic hardship and insecurity under the watch of the present administration, the Presidency is struggling hard to label anyone who criticizes them as irrelevant or corrupt.

He said that, “it won’t work. It is not lost on Nigerians that many of the people Onanuga insulted were instrumental to the APC’s rise in 2015. If they have become enemies now, it says more about the party’s internal decay than the individuals themselves”.

Atiku also declared that electoral fraud will not blithe the 2027 general elections, saying; “I vow to stand against the stealing of elections and oppose bad governance”.

He stated this when he received in audience a delegation from Gombe State led by a former minister and Senator, Idris Abdullahi at his residence in Abuja.

He said the Coalition of opposition leaders under the umbrella of the ADC would work assiduously to usher in a positive change that will transform the lives of the people.