I’ll quit ADC ticket, back Tinubu if petrol hits ₦600 – Amaechi
I’ll quit ADC ticket, back Tinubu if petrol hits ₦600 – Amaechi
Vice Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Rotimi Amaechi, has challenged President Bola Tinubu to bring the price of petrol down to ₦600 per litre.
This is as he says he would withdraw from the ADC ticket and campaign for the President in the 2027 election if that happens.
Amaechi made the challenge while reacting to Tinubu’s Independence Day address and the President’s declaration that Nigeria had entered an “age of prosperity” during an interview on Friday with Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Questioning the believability of Tinubu’s claim, Amaechi said Nigerians should assess whether the economic reforms had translated into lower prices and improved living conditions.
“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.
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“Have you asked one of your staff who goes by transport, how much it costs from Yanya to Abuja? Has anything come down?
“Has any price come down, has anything changed?” he asked.
Using the price of petrol as a test of the government’s economic claims, Amaechi said he would personally visit a filling station to establish 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.
“If fuel comes down to 600 tomorrow, I will campaign for Tinubu,” he said.
Amaechi further challenged those who doubted his pledge to accompany him with a camera, saying he would withdraw from the ticket he is contesting alongside former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and support Tinubu if petrol had fallen to 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.
The comments come amid preparations by political parties and their candidates for the 2027 presidential election.
