RismadarVoice Reporters
May 26, 2026
Former Minister of Transportation and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has rejected the results of the presidential primaries conducted by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), alleging widespread irregularities and voter disenfranchisement during the exercise.
In a statement issued following the primaries, Amaechi described the results being announced as “concocted,” insisting that the process failed to meet the standards of fairness, transparency, and credibility expected by party members and Nigerians.
The former minister stated that he had earlier made it clear that he would only accept the outcome of the primaries if the process was free, fair and transparent.
“I will not accept results from a process that does not reflect the values that the ADC had pledged to uphold, to rescue Nigerians from the impunity and gross mismanagement that our country is currently facing in the hands of the ruling party,” he said.
Amaechi alleged that a large percentage of party members across the country were denied the opportunity to vote during the exercise.
“There’s no way that about eighty per cent of members of the party were not allowed to vote, and you expect me to accept such results. Then what makes us different from the others?” he queried.
According to him, the ADC was established to provide Nigerians with an alternative political platform that would amplify the voices of ordinary citizens and promote inclusiveness regardless of ethnicity, religion, or background.
He further accused the party leadership of engaging in the same electoral malpractices it had previously criticised in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“A party that criticises the ruling APC and INEC for vote buying, rigging and writing of results, cannot be engaged in vote buying, writing of results, and other electoral malpractices that lead to the disenfranchisement of voters who are party members. This is not acceptable,” Amaechi declared.
