Rotimi Amaechi, former Rivers State governor and ADC vice-presidential candidate, says the party will defeat President Bola Tinubu in 2027, citing backing from 13 Northeast and Northwest states.
Amaechi stated that the ADC would also take on the All Progressives Congress in the South-South and North-Central regions, predicting wins in the Niger, Kogi, and Nasarawa states.
He made these remarks on Saturday at the ADC presidential campaign rally in Bauchi State, where he said the party would not accept a repeat of what he alleged occurred during the 2023 general election.
“Because these people will do what they did in 2023. This time, we shall not agree. Do you understand? We will not do what?” he said.
Amaechi, the running mate of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, contended that the ADC enjoyed a stronger regional presence, pointing to the 13 states across the Northeast and Northwest.
“We are the only party that comes with 13 states. The whole of the Northeast and the whole of the Northwest—that is 13, right? Let the president tell us how many states he comes with. He comes with only five in the South-West,” he said.
He went on to assert that the APC would lose another South-West state, a sixth one, to the Allied Peoples Movement.
“That’s if he will. And the sixth state in the South-West will vote APM, whether he likes it or not,” he added.
The former Minister of Transportation stated that the ADC would likewise mount a strong challenge to the ruling party in the South-South and North-Central, expressing confidence that Atiku would win Niger, Kogi, and Nasarawa states.
“We will fight with him in South-South. We will fight with him in North-Central. And be sure, be rest assured, Niger, Kogi, and Nasarawa will be in ours easily,” he said.
Amaechi further forecast that Tinubu would not achieve substantial electoral success in the South-East, maintaining that the ADC would emerge victorious in the presidential election.
“He will not go to the Southeast at all. Be rest assured, we will win. We will win. Things will get better,” he said.
The rally takes place amid questions about the ADC’s leadership and its preparations for the 2027 elections, following a November 5 ruling by the Federal High Court in Abuja that annulled the leadership of the party’s National Working Committee headed by former Senate President David Mark and voided decisions made under it, including the process that produced Atiku as its presidential candidate.
Justice Peter Lifu further directed the Independent National Electoral Commission not to recognize any decisions reached at the party’s 99th National Executive Committee meeting held on July 27, 2025.
The ADC rejected the ruling and stated that it would contest the decision in court, maintaining that its activities and preparations for the 2027 elections would go on.
Atiku, who was vice president from 1999 to 2007, became the ADC’s presidential candidate at its May 2026 primary, with Amaechi chosen as his running mate.
