2027: Amaechi Criticizes ADC for “You Can’t Condemn Rigging and Write Results” Statement

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA — Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation and presidential hopeful for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), publicly rejected the results of the party’s presidential primary on Tuesday. He accused the ADC leadership of disenfranchising members and manipulating the process.

Amaechi’s statement adds a new layer of crisis to the ADC at a pivotal time, as the opposition party seeks to position itself as a viable alternative to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

In a post shared on X, Amaechi described the primary outcome as “concocted results,” citing widespread voter disenfranchisement across the country.

He said, “I had initially stated that I will only accept the outcome of the Primaries if the process was free, fair, and transparent, and I stand by my word.”

“I will not accept results from a process that does not reflect the values that the ADC had pledged to uphold, to rescue Nigerians from the impunity and gross mismanagement that our country is currently facing in the hands of the ruling party,” he added.

The former Rivers State governor claimed that nearly 80 per cent of party members were denied the chance to vote during the exercise.

“There’s no way that about eighty percent of members of the party were not allowed to vote, and you expect me to accept such results. Then what makes us different from the others?” he asked.

Amaechi emphasized that the ADC was founded to give ordinary Nigerians a voice and to offer a genuine alternative to the politics it once criticized.

He criticized the party leadership, stating, “A party that criticizes the ruling APC and INEC for vote buying, rigging and writing of results, cannot be engaged in vote buying, writing of results, and other electoral malpractices that leads to the disenfranchisement of voters who are party members. This is not acceptable!”

The remarks are likely to deepen internal tensions within the ADC and increase scrutiny of the party’s presidential primary process as opposition parties prepare for the 2027 general election.

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