ABUJA — The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the presidential ambition of former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, describing it as “dead on arrival.”
Wike made the remarks on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, while reacting to Amaechi’s claim that he knows President Bola Tinubu’s weaknesses and could exploit them in the 2027 elections.
According to Wike, Amaechi is fully aware that he cannot secure the presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the party he currently belongs to.
“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 minister added that Nigerians are already aware of Amaechi’s chances, stressing that his supposed presidential run is a futile mission.
“Nigerians know the last person they will give a ticket to, because they know it (Amaechi’s bid) is dead on arrival,” Wike declared.
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