Amaechi rejects ADC presidential primary results over alleged voter disenfranchisement

Former Minister of Transportation and presidential aspirant, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has rejected the outcome of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primaries, alleging widespread voter disenfranchisement and electoral malpractice during the exercise.

In a statement issued on Tuesday via his X account, Amaechi described the results as “concocted,” insisting that the process failed to meet the standards of fairness, transparency and credibility promised by the party.

“I unequivocally reject the concocted results being announced,” he said.

Amaechi, a two term former governor of Rivers State stated that he had earlier made it clear he would only accept the outcome of the primaries if the process was free, fair and transparent.

According to him, the exercise disenfranchised a large number of party members across the country.

“There’s no way that about eighty percent of members of the party were not allowed to vote, and you expect me to accept such results,” he said.

The former Rivers State governor said the ADC was created to provide Nigerians with an alternative political platform capable of addressing impunity and poor governance.

He also accused the party of engaging in the same electoral practices it had criticised in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“A party that criticizes the ruling APC and INEC for vote buying, rigging and writing of results, cannot be engaged in vote buying, writing of results, and other electoral malpractices that leads to the disenfranchisement of voters who are party members. This is not acceptable!” he stated.