{
  "id": 20018730,
  "title": "2027: Atiku already has 13 Northern states, Tinubu struggling with 5 in South-West - Amaechi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/2027-atiku-already-has-13-northern-states-tinubu-struggling-with-5-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T16:43:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/14/2027-atiku-already-has-13-northern-states-tinubu-struggling-with-5-in-south-west-amaechi/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rotimi Amaechi, the vice presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), declared on Saturday at a rally in Bauchi that Atiku Abubakar, the ADC's flagbearer, is on track to win the 2027 presidential election. Amaechi argued that President Bola Tinubu has lost control over the North, asserting that Atiku already holds all 13 states in the North East and North West. Tinubu, according to Amaechi, only has five states in the South West, with the sixth going to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). The ADC leader expressed confidence that the party would confront Tinubu in the South-South and North Central regions, predicting victory in Niger, Kogi, and Nasarawa states. The ADC, according to Amaechi, will secure a win nationwide ahead of the 2027 general elections.",
  "summary": "The vice presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, says the party's flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, is on his way to victory in the 2027 presidential poll. Amaechi made the boast while addressing supporters at the ADC presidential campaign rally in Bauchi on Saturday, where he argued that President Bola Tinubu has lost […] 2027: Atiku already has 13 Northern…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "2027: Atiku, Obi making victory easy for Tinubu – Sule Lamido",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/2027-atiku-obi-making-victory-easy-for-tinubu-sule-lamido",
        "published": "2026-11-14T11:08:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Atiku: I sympathise with Nigerians bearing cost of Tinubu’s policies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/atiku-i-sympathise-with-nigerians-bearing-cost-of-tinubus-policies",
        "published": "2026-11-14T13:59:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}