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Amaechi rejects ADC presidential primary results, accuses party of electoral fraud
Former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has rejected the results of the presidential primary conducted by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), accusing the party of electoral fraud.
Amaechi disclosed this on his X handle on Tuesday, stating that the primary was marred by widespread disenfranchisement of voters, lack of transparency and fairness.
“Following reports of widespread voter disenfranchisement in most parts of the country during the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Primaries yesterday, I unequivocally reject the concocted results being announced.
“I had initially stated that I will only accept the outcome of the Primaries if the process was free, fair, and transparent, and I stand by my word. 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.
He accused the party of going against its own ethos by disenfranchising voters and committing the same electoral malpractices for which it condemns the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“There’s no way that about eighty percent 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?
“The whole idea of the ADC was to give the Nigerian people a platform, to amplify the voices of the downtrodden, and make Nigeria a better place for everyone, irrespective of backgrounds, ethnicity, or religion.
“A party that criticizes 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,” the former transport minister stressed.
Amaechi is one of the three contenders for the ADC presidential ticket alongside former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
His rejection of the process come hours after fellow aspirant Hayatu-Deen withdrew from the electoral exercise, after alleging irregularities.
Hayatu-Deen had expressed concern in a statement on his X handle on Tuesday, over widespread electoral fraud in the primary.
“I will not be attending the announcement of the ADC presidential election results today. I am concerned by reports from across the country of widespread vote rigging, some of which I myself observed, and will therefore be taking advice on my next steps,” he said in the statement.
The ADC presidential primary collation exercise is ongoing in Abuja, as results continue to filter in from across the country.
