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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This list includes key appointees such as the Attorney General Abubakar Malami who is contesting for the governorship of Kebbi state and ministers vying for the Presidency including Rotimi Amaechi (Transport Minister) Godswill Akpabio (Niger Delta) Chris Ngige (Labour) and Emeka Nwajiuba (Education) (AC Vol 63 No 10 Consensus candidate plan upsets the frontrunners)...
Leading politicians from the Delta such as Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike are set play an outsize role in those elections competing for the region's loyalty...
This sets up a clash with some of the leading barons in the party who are backing ex-governor of Lagos and consummate political deal-maker Bola Ahmed Tinubu Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and those some of whom are close to Buhari who are backing an unorthodox campaign by central bank governor Godwin Emefiele for the party nomination...
Here Osinbajo might benefit from the weaknesses of his main rivals: Bola Tinubu Rotimi Amaechi and Godwin Emefiele...
A wild-card candidate that the party caucus and the president may consider is Rotimi Amaechi the canny minister of transport and former governor of Rivers State...
On the China front amid controversy over President Buhari's April 2021 reversal of the Department of Petroleum Resources' confiscation of oil licences held by a Sinopec subsidiary Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi suggests that loans for two major infrastructure projects could instead come from non-Chinese sources...
Another beneficiary may prove to be former Rivers governor and serving Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi who has a difficult relationship with Wike but was no fan of Oshiomhole or Tinubu...
