With Obi gone Atiku is likely to pick former Governor Rotimi Amaechi a founder of the APC who is now at odds with Tinubu or Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde now chairman of the PDP governors' forum as his running mate (AC Vol 66 No 23 Tinubu pushes the multi-party system over a cliff )...
The ADC has attracted several high-level but troublesome defectors from the ruling APC such as former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai former Governor of Osun State Rauf Aregbesola ex-Attorney-General Abubakar Malami former Governor of Sokoto State Aminu Tambuwal and ex-Minister Rotimi Amaechi...
Other politicians to have fallen foul of Tinubu – such as ex-Senate President David Mark ex-Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and ex-governor of Kaduna State Nasir el-Rufai – are also circling the ADC mulling a run for the presidency in 2027...
Rotimi Amaechi a former governor and ex-transport minister who has joined the opposition ADC is pushing a candidate who can exploit the grassroots dissatisfaction with all three protagonists Fubara Wike and Tinubu...
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And there are also a raft of other highly ambitious politicians in the ADC such as ex-Senate President David Mark ex-Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and ex-governor or Kaduna state Nasir el Rufai – all determined to vie for the presidential nomination...
Over the past decade it has been central to opposition politics with former Governor Rotimi Amaechi financing Muhammadu Buhari's successful 2015 APC campaign...
Disgruntled members of the APC who have been pushed to the periphery like former Governor Nasir El-Rufai who is being probed by the administration; and former Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi are also part of the discussions with the opposition...
Bola Ahmed Tinubu 70 won the APC's presidential primaries on 8 June setting up a showdown in February with former Vice-President Atiku Abukabar 76 another plutocrat and veteran campaigner (AC Vol 63 No 12 Rival parties set up a battle of the oligarchs) While Tinubu a political godfather in the south-west secured the backing of about 55% of party delegates beating former Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo his path to victory wasn't guaranteed...
Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo trailed behind him...
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The top five contenders to watch are ex-Minister of Transport Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers State) President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan (Yobe State) Fayemi Osinbajo and Tinubu...
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The main contenders for the APC's Presidential nomination are still Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi Minister of Transport Rotimi Amaechi and former governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu (AC Vol 63 No 8 Vice-President Osinbajo's bid challenges APC leader Tinubu and bank governor Emefiele)...
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