2027: I’ll campaign for Tinubu if… — Amaechi

Vice Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has said he would campaign for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election if the price of petrol drops to ₦600 per litre.

Amaechi made the statement while reacting to Tinubu’s Independence Day address during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

The former Rivers State governor questioned the President’s declaration that Nigeria had entered an “age of prosperity”, asking whether Nigerians were already experiencing a reduction in the cost of living.

“It is about believability; who do you believe? Go to the 2005 Presidential speech; it is the same: we have turned the page, and we are about to start enjoyment,” Amaechi said.

He cited the cost of transportation and other commodities as examples of the economic pressures facing Nigerians.

“Has any price come down, has anything changed?” he asked.

Amaechi makes petrol price pledge

Amaechi said he was prepared to personally visit a filling station to verify whether petrol had fallen to ₦600 per litre.

“I will go tomorrow morning to the petrol station to buy fuel, I will go myself, if fuel has come down to 600, I will campaign for President Tinubu,” he said.

He further challenged those who doubted his claim to accompany him with a camera, saying he would withdraw from the ADC ticket and campaign for Tinubu if petrol was selling at the stated price.

“If you doubt me, come with your camera to my house, and I will go to the filling station and buy fuel, and I, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi will withdraw as a vice presidential candidate of Atiku and campaign for President Tinubu, if it has come down,” he added.

Amaechi is the running mate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the ADC ticket ahead of the 2027 presidential election.