The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike on Tuesday 19 August, 2025 called on Rotimi Amaechi, a chieftain of African Democratic Congress(ADC) to bury his presidential ambition, saying it is “dead on arrival”.
On Saturday, August 9, 2025 Amaechi, the former minister of transportation, said he would defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections if he gets the ADC ticket. Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers said he has never participated in election rigging and would end corruption in a month if elected president.
“If I become president, I will change the constitution from indigeneship to citizenship. If I do not end corruption in Nigeria within one month, I will tender my resignation,” he said
However, speaking on Tuesday, 19 August, 2025 during his appearance on ‘Politics Today’, a Channels Television programme, Wike, also a former of Rivers State, said Amaechi himself knows that he would not secure the ADC presidential ticket.
“He knows he won’t get the ticketI 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. “ What Nigerians know the last person they will give a ticket to because they know it (Amaechi’s bid) is dead on arrival, ” Wike said.
Recall that Amaechi finished second in the 2022 presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which was won by Tinubu.
Wike also accused Amaechi of lacking credibility on governance and anti-corruption, claiming the former minister had no respect for the judiciary or the rule of law while he was Rivers governor.
