Former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has reaffirmed his membership of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, insisting that no one has offered him a vice-presidential ticket.
Amaechi made the clarification on Wednesday in his first interview since the ADC presidential primaries, during an exclusive session with media entrepreneur Chude Jideonwo on #WithChude.
“I stand by what I said about ‘concocted results’. But I am still a member of the ADC. No one has asked me to be VP,” he said.
The former presidential aspirant, who marked his 61st birthday a day earlier at his Abuja residence, used the interview to address swirling speculation about his political future, his relationship with key figures like Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, David Mark, and his assessment of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Amaechi had earlier described the ADC primary process as flawed, using the word “concocted” to question its credibility. In the _#WithChude_ interview, he doubled down on that position but stressed that his criticism was about process, not party loyalty.
The full interview is expected to air on the _#WithChude_ platform and will cover Amaechi’s views on betrayal, friendship with Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, marriage, and why he believes he’s different from “politicians driven only by personal gain”.
Amaechi lost the ADC presidential ticket to Dumebi Kachikwu, a result he rejected immediately after the primaries.
