Amaechi noted that the agreement is needed to ensure the process is transparent and prevented from being hijacked.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said the presidential aspirants under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have agreed to enter into a concrete agreement to support whoever emerges as the party’s flagbearer.
He made this known on Friday during an interview with LEADERSHIP.
TheNiche had earlier reported that that former vice president Atiku Abubakar, Amaechi and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi recently joined other prominent politicians to form a coalition under the ADC platform.
The former vice president and the two former governors have also signified their intentions to run for presidency under the political party.
However, while addressing rumours that the party will zone its ticket to the north to allow Atiku contest against President Bola Tinubu, the ADC’s interim national chairman, Senator David Mark said the party has no preferred candidate.
The former Senate President assured ADC supporters that under his leadership, the party would be “absolutely transparent.”
Speaking on the development during his chat, Amaechi clarified that the agreement to support whoever emerges candidates would revolve around a common understanding of what a transparent primary is, expressing fear that the process may be hijacked.
He said, “What we agreed in principle, and I must say there is a need to lay the cards on the table – what we agreed is that whoever emerges from a transparent primary will be supported by everyone.
“But first, we need to sit down and define what we mean by transparent because it’s easy for someone to hijack the process and still call it transparent.”
