By Nathaniel Irobi
The Vice Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has thrown a direct challenge at President Bola Tinubu, vowing to withdraw from the ADC ticket and campaign for the President in the 2027 election if the price of petrol drops to ₦600 per litre.
Amaechi made the declaration on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, while reacting to President Tinubu’s Independence Day address in which the President declared that Nigeria had entered an “age of prosperity.”
The former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation questioned the believability of the President’s claim, saying Nigerians should judge the economic reforms by whether prices had actually fallen and living conditions had improved — not by speeches.
“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 then posed a series of questions to test the government’s claims.
“Have you asked one of your staff who goes by transport, how much it costs from Yanya to Abuja? Has anything come down?” he asked.
“Has any price come down, has anything changed?”
Using the price of petrol as his benchmark, Amaechi said he would personally visit a filling station to verify whether the product 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.
“If fuel comes down to 600 tomorrow, I will campaign for Tinubu.”
The ADC Vice Presidential candidate further challenged anyone who doubted his pledge to accompany him with a camera, insisting he would make good on his word.
“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 contesting alongside former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the ADC presidential candidate, in the 2027 election.
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