ADC spokesman says Amaechi felt coalition favored Obi and threatened to leave

Bolaji Abdullahi, spokesperson for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), claimed that former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi once threatened to exit the opposition coalition because he believed the leadership was favoring former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi.

Abdullahi made the statement during an interview with Symfoni TV on Thursday, amid ongoing discussions about internal power dynamics within the coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.

He said that Amaechi approached the coalition’s national chairman, expressing concerns that the chairman was giving preferential treatment to Obi.

“There was a time that His Excellency Rotimi Amaechi went to the national chairman and was threatening to leave the coalition,” Abdullahi said.

“He felt that the chairman was pandering to Peter Obi, that he was conceding everything to Peter Obi.”

Abdullahi dismissed allegations that Obi had been sidelined, arguing that the former Anambra State governor had actually been granted significant influence within the party structure.

He revealed that one of his deputies was nominated by Obi, and that the position of National Organising Secretary was also given to Obi’s camp as part of efforts to integrate him into the coalition.

According to Abdullahi, the arrangement came at a political cost to former Minister of Aviation Osita Chidoka, who had been positioning himself for the role before Obi joined the alliance.

“Before Peter Obi joined the coalition, you had people like Osita Chidoka working very hard for coalition building. He was hoping to be the National Organising Secretary,” Abdullahi said.

“But when Peter Obi came, in order to bring him in and give him a sense of belonging, that’s how we lost Osita Chidoka because we gave that position to Peter Obi to nominate.”

He further explained that Obi was allowed to nominate other individuals into party structures as part of broader political concessions aimed at strengthening the coalition.

Abdullahi defended the concessions, describing politics as “a game of addition.”

“The more people we are able to lock in, and if we have to make some concessions that are not going to kill anybody, then we have to make those concessions,” he said.

The ADC spokesman maintained that Obi had no grounds to complain about marginalisation or a toxic political atmosphere within the coalition.

“If anybody should be complaining of toxic environment or marginalisation within the party, no, no, no. I don’t think His Excellency Peter Obi, given what I know to be the truth,” he added.

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