Former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has rejected the outcome of the presidential primaries conducted by the African Democratic Congress, alleging widespread irregularities and voter suppression during the exercise.
Amaechi, who reacted through a statement posted on his X account on Tuesday, described the results announced by the party as “concocted,” insisting that the process failed to meet basic standards of transparency and fairness.
The former Rivers State governor stated that he had made his position clear before the primaries, stressing that he would only accept the outcome if the election was conducted in a credible and transparent manner.
According to him, the process fell short of the democratic values the party had promised to uphold.
“I will not accept results from a process that does not reflect the values that the ADC had pledged to uphold,” Amaechi said.
He further alleged that nearly 80 percent of party members across the country were denied the opportunity to participate in the voting process.
“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 added.
Amaechi also accused the ADC of replicating the same electoral malpractice it had often criticised in the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission.
He alleged that the party engaged in practices such as vote manipulation, rigging and electoral compromise during the primaries, describing the development as unacceptable and contrary to the founding ideals of the ADC.
