Your Presidential Ambition Is Dead, Can’t Get ADC Ticket – Wike Knocks Amaechi

19 Aug 2025, 19:25 by George Oshogwe Ogbolu · Naija News

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that the presidential ambition of former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi is dead on arrival.

Naija News reports that 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.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday, Wike, a former Rivers State Governor, said Nigerians won’t give Amaechi a chance in the 2027 election, adding that his predecessor won’t get the ADC ticket for the 2027 poll.

He 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.”

According to Wike, Amaechi lacks the ability to fight corruption and enthrone good governance.

He said the former Transportation Minister lacks respect for the judiciary and the rule of law when he was Rivers State governor.

Amaechi was the governor of the oil-rich Niger Delta state from May 2007 to May 2015, when he handed over to Wike, who was in office for eight years. The relationship between the men has since turned frosty.