The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi will not get the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential ticket for the 2027 poll.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Wike said Nigerians won’t give Amaechi a chance in the 2027 election.
The FCT minister said, “He (Amaechi) knows he won’t get the ticket. I read that he said he knows the weaknesses of the president, so he knows how to defeat him, but he also knew the weaknesses of the president in 2022 when the president defeated him mercilessly in the primary.
“Nigerians know the last person they will give a ticket to because they know it (Amaechi’s bid) is dead on arrival.”
Wike faulted Amaechi’s ability to fight corruption and enthrone good governance, saying he had no respect for the judiciary and the rule of law when he was Rivers State governor.
Amaechi, a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) opposition coalition determined to wrest power from President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 poll, came second after in the 2022 APC presidential primary won by ex-Lagos governor Tinubu.
In 2025, Amaechi dumped the APC and moved to the ADC, seeking the party’s 2027 presidential ticket.
