Amaechi Pledges One-Term Presidency if He Gets ADC Ticket for 2027

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• Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, vows to serve only one term if he secures the ADC presidential ticket for the 2027 election.
• Amaechi cites the need to uphold Nigeria’s power rotation between North and South.
• He criticises Tinubu’s administration, saying Nigerians deserve a change in 2027.

Former Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has declared that he will serve only a single term in office if he becomes the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 general elections.

Amaechi made this pledge during an appearance on Politics Today, a programme aired on Channels Television on Thursday.

He explained that his position is rooted in the unwritten political agreement on rotational presidency, which balances power between Northern and Southern Nigeria.

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“For now, the way Nigeria is, you must stick to that unwritten agreement that says South eight years, North eight years,” Amaechi said.

Recalling his role in the 2015 power transition, the former Rivers State governor said, “I led the fight against the PDP government because there was an agreement that the government at that time would spend four years and after four years, the government reneged. I said no, that would be unfair and could cause instability.”

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When asked if he would willingly serve only one term, Amaechi replied: “Of course. Nigerians know that I speak my mind. Nigerians know that what I cannot do I will not say.”

Amaechi also criticised President Bola Tinubu’s government, accusing it of failing to address economic hardship and insisting the country deserves better leadership in 2027.

His comments come as he aligns with a coalition of opposition leaders who recently adopted ADC as their platform for the upcoming elections.