Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has vowed not to deputize any presidential candidate in the 2027 general elections.
There has been speculation that the former governor would
deputize ex-vice president, Atiku Abubakar, who is likely emerging as the
flagbearer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
But speaking at an event in Abuja, Amaechi clarified that he
is too presidential to be anybody’s vice.
“I will not be vice president to anybody. There are too many
reasons why I won’t be vice president to anybody.
“The first reason is that I’m too presidential to be vice”,
he said.
According to Amaechi, who is also eyeing the presidential
ticket of the ADC, the problem with the office of vice president is not
ceremonial, it is structural.
The former governor of Rivers State claimed that in Nigeria,
the office of the vice president is designed to be subordinate, often
powerless, and depend entirely on the temperament of the president.
“We will quarrel, instead of that, I would rather be a
minister than be a vice president”, Amaechi said.
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