Former Minister of Transportation and presidential hopeful of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has strongly disowned the outcome of the Party’s presidential primary, accusing organisers of blocking the majority of delegates from voting and manipulating the entire process.
Speaking after the exercise, Amaechi described the results being circulated as outright “fabrication,” insisting the election fell far short of the transparency and fairness the Party had publicly promised.
“I unequivocally reject the concocted results being announced,” he declared.
He maintained that his participation in the race was conditional on a credible process, stressing that anything short of a free and fair contest would not be acceptable to him or the democratic ideals the ADC claims to represent.
“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 said.
Amaechi further alleged that the majority of Party members were effectively excluded from the voting process, putting the level of disenfranchisement at about 80 percent.
“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,” he added.
The former Rivers State Governor also took aim at the ADC’s internal credibility, questioning how the Party could accuse the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of electoral malpractice while allegedly engaging in similar practices within its own structure.
“A party that criticises 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 lead to the disenfranchisement of voters who are Party members. This is not acceptable!” he stated.
Amaechi reiterated that the ADC was originally envisioned as a platform to amplify ordinary Nigerians and offer credible political alternatives regardless of ethnicity, religion, or social background.
His rejection of the outcome is expected to deepen internal tensions within the opposition Party following the conclusion of its presidential primary.
