The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the 2027 presidential ambition of former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, describing it as “dead on arrival.”
Wike, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, was reacting to Amaechi’s recent claim that he knows President Bola Tinubu’s weaknesses and could use them to his advantage in the next presidential race.
Amaechi, now a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has been rumoured to be considering a presidential run under the party’s platform.
But Wike insisted that Amaechi stood no chance of securing the party’s ticket, noting that Nigerians were unlikely to back his ambition.
“He (Amaechi) knows he won’t get the ticket. I read that he said he knows the weaknesses of the president, so he knows how to defeat him. But he also knew the weaknesses of the president in 2022, when the president defeated him mercilessly in the primary,” Wike said.
The former Rivers State governor added, “Nigerians know the last person they will give a ticket to, because they know it (Amaechi’s bid) is dead on arrival.
