Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has described all presidential aspirants in the African Democratic Congress, ADC as regional candidates.

Newsmen reports that former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar are all aspirating to emerge the ADC flagbearer for the 2027 presidential election.
Speaking during a chat with Channels Television, Amaechi claimed that is the only aspirant in the party who is not pursuing regional interests.

The former Minister of Transportation also declared that the party would conduct a proper primary election to determine who flies the flag.

He said, “It is within the right of the former vice president to say that he wants to run, nobody is stopping him. But he has to also understand that there are other factors beyond where he comes from.

They are all regional candidates, but I am not a regional candidate. I’m not running because I’m Igbo, even though I’m partially one.

“I have said to Nigerians, leave region and ethnicity alone. That’s what put us here. Those who supported President Tinubu were pursuing religious agenda. They were so happy about the Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“Today, they have discovered that the market does not know Muslims or Christians. The market only understands naira and kobo, no other language.”