The African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has declared that he would leave his wife if she were to become president and govern the country like President Bola Tinubu.
Amaechi made the remark during an interview with Rapid TV, urging Nigerians to set aside religious, political, and ethnic affiliations to reject President Tinubu in the 2027 general election.
The former Rivers State governor argued that his deep personal attachment to his wife would not stop him from opposing her if her administration mirrored Tinubu’s current leadership.
“Today, the closest person in my life is my wife, not my children. So tomorrow, if my wife becomes president and is doing what Tinubu is doing, I’ll be mad to follow my wife, despite my emotional attachment to her. It’s either she changes, or I leave her,” he said.
Amaechi implored voters to evaluate the President strictly on his performance rather than allowing sentiment to guide their choices at the polls.
“I expect Nigerians not to… forget religion, forget politics, forget ethnicity. Just abandon Tinubu,” he said.
The ADC candidate argued that Nigerians have already experienced the consequences of Tinubu’s leadership and should give the opposition a chance in 2027.
“There’s a difference between Tinubu’s team and our team. They have been tested, so you know that the next four years you will die. We have not been tested, so give us a chance,” he said.
While maintaining that neither he nor the ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has held the nation’s highest executive offices, Amaechi pointed to his own track record as governor and minister as proof of his administrative capability.
“The only person you can say that has been tested is me, because I’ve been a governor. But my record speaks for itself. I was once a minister. Projects are out there,” Amaechi said, urging the public to verify his tenure in Rivers State. “Rivers State is there, anybody can go and verify. You can do your referendum.”
Amaechi also criticized the administration using a computing analogy, stating that re-electing the President would yield poor results based on the principle of “garbage in, garbage out.”
“So now that you know that Tinubu is bad, if you know that Tinubu is bad and you garbage-in the bad things, what comes out? The garbage out will also be bad,” he said.
Concluding his remarks, the former minister called on Nigerians to actively participate in the electoral process and guard their votes against potential manipulation. Drawing a comparison to voter turnout in the ongoing U.S. elections, he urged citizens to make their voices heard.
“You see what’s happening in America? Already 52 million Americans have voted. They are coming out in their numbers,” he said.
“In the same manner, Nigerians should come out in their numbers and not only vote; stop them from openly bragging that they will rig. If they have the support of the people, would they be bragging that they would rig?”
