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ADC Forced Amaechi On Atiku As Running Mate
The former Vice President was out of the country by the time the party picked Amaechi, a spokesman for the ADC presidential hopeful, Kenneth Okonkwo said on Friday.
According to Okonkwo, Abubakar had to accept the nominee because he’s the party’s choice, and that the party was racing to meet the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to submit the list of their presidential candidates.
The Prof. Joash Amupitan-led INEC has set July 11 as deadline for political parties in the country to submit the names of their presidential and National Assembly candidates before the end of work tomorrow.
Recall that Ameachi had earlier vowed that his target was to become ADC presidential candidate, saying the running mate position was a no-no for him.
The spokesman made the remark during an Interview on Channels Television programme, Inside Sources, as controversies continue to trail the choice of Amaechi as the candidate to run with Abubakar as ADC candidates in the 2027 presidential election.
Moreso, Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers state has yet to publicly accept the nomination.
Insiders in the ADC informed the magazine that the former Minister of Transportation has been consulting with some ADC leaders, in the past few days, as he’s expected to make a decision on the issue in few days.
He has met with the party’s presidential candidate Abubakar, Abubakar Malami, the immediate past Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, who’s the party’s Governorship candidate in Kebbi state; Senator Aminu Tambuwal, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives; Emeka Ihedioha, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, among others.
Ahead the ADC presidential primary the former Rivers Governor vowed never to accept to be Abubakar’s running mate, saying he was the most qualified to represent the party.
“Amaechi is not seeking to be running mate to anybody. He does not intend to be a presidential running mate to anybody and will not.
“Amaechi is not aware of, and will not be part of any talk to be running mate to anybody. For emphasis, Amaechi is running to be President of Nigeria and not to be a running mate to anybody.
“Politicians are kindly advised to leave Amaechi’s name out of any discussion for presidential running mate,” David Iyofor, one of Amaechi’s spokesperson said.
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