Former Rivers State Governor and ADC vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has boasted that the party is positioned to challenge President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2027 general election.
Amaechi claimed that the African Democratic Congress enjoys the backing of 13 states across the North-East and North-West, insisting that the party would make significant inroads into other regions.
He made the declaration on Saturday at the ADC presidential campaign rally in Bauchi State, where he also warned that the opposition would resist any attempt to repeat what he alleged happened during the 2023 presidential election.
According to him, the ADC would not accept a repeat of the electoral experience of 2023.
“This time, we shall not agree. Do you understand? We will not do what?” he told supporters at the rally.
The former Minister of Transportation, who is running alongside former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, said the ADC was entering the 2027 race with a strong northern presence.
“We are the only party that comes with 13 states. The whole of North-East, the whole of North-West, that is 13, right? Let the President tell us how many states he comes with,” Amaechi said.
He claimed that Tinubu’s political strength in the South-West was limited to five states, predicting that the Allied Peoples Movement would take another state from the APC in the region.
Amaechi also listed Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa among states he expects the ADC to win, while declaring that the party would challenge the APC in the South-South and North-Central.
“We will fight with him in South-South. We will fight with him in North-Central. And be sure, be rest assured, Niger, Kogi, Nasarawa will be in ours easily,” he added.
He further predicted that Tinubu would struggle to make significant gains in the South-East, expressing confidence that the ADC would win the presidential election.
The boast comes amid a fresh legal cloud hanging over the ADC’s leadership and its preparations for the 2027 elections.
On November 5, the Federal High Court in Abuja nullified the leadership of the party’s National Working Committee led by former Senate President David Mark and invalidated decisions taken under it, including the process that produced Atiku as the party’s presidential candidate.
Justice Peter Lifu also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission not to recognise decisions taken at the ADC’s 99th National Executive Committee meeting held on July 27, 2025.
The party has rejected the judgment and vowed to challenge it in court, maintaining that its political activities and preparations for the 2027 elections would continue.
Atiku, who served as vice-president from 1999 to 2007, emerged as the ADC’s presidential candidate at its May 2026 primary, with Amaechi selected as his running mate.
