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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says the prime of Rotimi Amaechi, arsenic vice statesmanlike campaigner volition hinder Atiku Abubakar’s chances successful the 2027 wide elections.
Wike said this successful a unrecorded vigor interrogation successful Port Harcourt connected Saturday, stressing that Amaechi does not person the governmental superior indispensable to unafraid triumph successful Rivers State and the South‑South portion successful adjacent year’s elections.
According to him, it would beryllium hard for Amaechi to merchantability Abubakar to voters successful the authorities and region, particularly fixed Amaechi’s relation successful events starring to erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision successful the 2015 statesmanlike election.
“Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi moving arsenic vice‑presidential campaigner is not a positive for Atiku Abubakar.
“First of all, helium was governor; helium couldn’t nutrient a successor. Remember, helium was a Director-General; helium couldn’t springiness Buhari 25%. Remember, helium was a curate and became a Director-General; Mr President couldn’t get 25% successful the 2019 election.
“So determination are truthful galore reasons wherefore helium cannot triumph Rivers for ADC. For example, earlier the commencement of ADC, helium came retired connected nationalist tv and said helium was 1 of those who kicked retired Jonathan.
“He didn’t privation a South‑South idiosyncratic to implicit his tenure arsenic president. So what we volition instrumentality is vice president,” Wike said.
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