ADC Tears Apart as Atiku, Amaechi at War

Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed his disagreement with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) proposing to select its presidential candidate for the 2027 election through consensus.

In a recent interview with Channels Television, Amaechi emphasized the importance of allowing the electorate to make their own choice.

While he is prepared to support whichever candidate emerges as the ADC’s presidential nominee, he advocates for the party to conduct a primary election.

His comments were in response to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s earlier statement, which suggested that the ADC would initially consider a consensus approach to selecting its candidate.

He said, “If he wins, I will support him, but I don’t agree with those who say, consensus candidate. Let’s go and face the people, let the people choose who they want in the party.

“There must be a primary election in the ADC. I don’t agree with those who say there should be a consensus candidate.”

On the zoning agreement between the North and South, Amaechi said zoning is an internal process of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and must not be binding in contemporary terms.

The former Governor also added that his younger age among those vying for the presidency gives him an advantage because the position needs someone who still has capacity.

“Atiku is eminently qualified to be the president of Nigeria; it is within his right to contest, the issue of zoning or no zoning, what former Vice President Atiku should realize is that this zoning thing is a PDP thing but I don’t agree with this south, north whatever, what I agree with is the most qualified candidate be allowed to govern or be elected.

“I’m the youngest candidate among all those running now, I’m 60. The rest of them are in their 70s. This thing requires capacity,” he declared.