Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said that former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, does not have the capacity to deliver Rivers State to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.
Wike said this on Friday while interacting with reporters in Abuja, the nation’s capital city.
He referenced past elections in which Amaechi, despite his influence and roles within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, failed to secure electoral victories in Rivers state.
The minister equally recalled the 2015 and 2019 elections, pointing out that even with federal backing as Director-General of the presidential campaign of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC did not perform strongly in the state.
According to him, despite what he described as “federal might” deployed during past elections, he still won the governorship elections in the state, insisting that the state remains politically resistant to such projections.
“Are we saying today, if an election is conducted in Rivers state today, that Rotimi Amaechi will deliver Rivers state to ADC?
“Remember, he was a governor. When I came to run as governor, he was in the APC. Who defeated him? And he was the DG of the campaign then.
“Remember, in 2019, when I was running for my second term, he was the minister of transportation and was the DG of Buhari’s campaign,” he said
Wike further questioned ADC’s prospects nationally, adding that former Senate President David Mark, who is the national chairman of the party, cannot deliver Benue, his home state.
“Take, for example, Benue, where the former senate president, their so-called chairman of the party, his daughter won under APC, and he was in PDP,” he said.