Amaechi rejects ADC presidential primaries results, alleging voter disenfranchisement, irregularities, and lack of transparency.
Former Rivers State Governor and former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has rejected the outcome of the presidential primaries conducted by the African Democratic Congress, describing the exercise as flawed and lacking credibility.
Amaechi, in a statement released on Tuesday, alleged that the primaries were marred by widespread disenfranchisement and electoral irregularities, insisting that the process failed to meet acceptable democratic standards.
The former minister stated that he could not accept what he described as “concocted results,” stressing that he had earlier made it clear that his acceptance of the outcome depended entirely on the conduct of a free, fair, and transparent election.
According to him, the process did not reflect the true will of party members, as a large percentage of eligible voters were allegedly denied the opportunity to participate in the exercise.
“I unequivocally reject the concocted results being announced,” Amaechi declared in the statement. “I had initially stated that I will only accept the outcome of the primaries if the process was free, fair, and transparent, and I stand by my word.”
Amaechi further claimed that nearly 80 percent of members of the party across the country were unable to vote during the exercise, raising concerns about the integrity of the election.
He questioned the credibility of the process, arguing that any political party seeking to offer Nigerians an alternative platform must uphold democratic principles internally.
“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. Then what makes us different from the others?” he asked.
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The development has sparked fresh debate within the party, with observers closely monitoring how the ADC leadership will respond to the allegations and whether the outcome of the primaries may face further internal disputes.
