A former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has warned that it might be tough for the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to convince voters in southern Nigeria to support a presidential candidate from the North.
Amaechi advised the party to think carefully about the
different regions and how they might affect the election before the next
general election comes around.
The Ex-Rivers governor, who spoke in Kano, was asked whether
he would support any candidate produced by the ADC in 2025.
He said he was ready to support the party’s candidate but
stressed that smart decisions were needed to improve the party’s image and win
more votes.
“I will support whoever emerges. He also told the ADC to
take a look around and find the best material that can show Nigerians that
things will start to improve,” he said.
He noted that the party needs to think about three important
things when picking its presidential candidate – ability, age and the current
balance of power in the country.
“First is capacity. Second is age. Third, and that’s the
final point, is to respect the unspoken rule about power that exists in the
South,” Amaechi said.
He said that recognizing the current shift in power would
help politicians and voters in the South support the party more easily.
“They should finish that process and then pass control to
the North. He said t makes it easier for people from the South to say they are
going to compete because the North has already said, “finish all this.'”
Amaechi said that putting up a candidate from the North when
many people in the South think power should stay in the South might make the
ADC less popular in that area.
“If you choose someone from the North, I’m not saying we
won’t try to campaign, but it will be hard to get the South to give up power
because they will ask the North, ‘Why is it that only when power comes to the
South does there become a problem?””
Amaechi added that he would stand behind the party’s unity.
He said he would back the person who becomes the ADC presidential candidate, no
matter which region they are from.
“Whether someone is from the South or the North doesn’t
matter to me; I will support whoever comes out on top in the primary,” he said.
The former governor of Rivers State, who has said he wants
to run for the party’s presidential nomination, promised to serve just one
four-year term so that power can go back to the North.
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