2027: Amaechi Warns ADC Leaders They Could Retire From Politics If Tinubu Wins
Former Rivers State Governor and African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has urged party leaders and supporters to intensify grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 general election, warning that a victory for President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) could mark the end of active politics for members of the current ADC leadership.
Amaechi made the remarks on Wednesday at the ADC National Women League Conference in Abuja, where he challenged party members to return to their states and wards and focus on building support at the grassroots. His call centred on women’s participation and ward-level mobilisation.
Amaechi targets ward-level mobilisation
Addressing the gathering, Amaechi told ADC supporters outside the Federal Capital Territory to return home and campaign.
He said the party should aim to secure at least 2,000 votes from each ward, arguing that a strong grassroots structure would be critical to the party’s performance in 2027.
Amaechi said the party would not focus only on the presidential contest but would also campaign for governorship candidates in states where it is seeking power.
He specifically mentioned Kebbi, Yola, Rivers and Delta as places where he expected to campaign, stressing that a president would need governors capable of working with the federal government.
The former minister also recalled the APC’s 2015 campaign against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), pointing to the role women played in mobilising voters across states and communities.
Women placed at the centre of ADC campaign
Amaechi’s message placed considerable emphasis on women, urging them to take the party’s campaign beyond Abuja and into communities and wards.
He said the ADC would need the same kind of grassroots organisation that he associated with the APC’s successful 2015 campaign.
The emphasis reflects the ADC’s broader preparations for 2027. The party has formally identified Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate and Amaechi as his running mate, and it has been building campaign structures ahead of the election.
Cost of living also features in campaign message
Amaechi also linked his political appeal to economic hardship, raising concerns about poverty and the number of children he said are out of school.
He claimed that the number of out-of-school children had risen from figures he cited as roughly 10 to 12 million when he left government to about 20 million currently. The claim was presented during his speech without supporting data, so the figures remain Amaechi’s assertion rather than an independently established statistic in the supplied material.
He urged women, particularly in northern Nigeria, to participate actively in the 2027 election and make their votes count.
Titi Atiku calls for community-level campaign
Also speaking at the conference, Hajiya Titi Atiku Abubakar urged ADC women to engage friends, neighbours and voters in their communities and villages.
She highlighted rising prices of basic goods, citing a medicine she said had increased from ₦400 to ₦1,000.
She also alleged that some contractors were being denied payments because of their perceived support for the ADC, although the supplied material does not provide independent evidence for that claim.
Titi Atiku further linked the rising cost of living to children being unable to remain in school and urged ADC women to take the party’s message into rural communities.
Hon. Rotimi Amaechi
Amaechi’s remarks come as Nigerian political parties and coalitions intensify preparations for the 2027 elections. For the ADC, the immediate task is to translate its national campaign into functioning structures at state, local government, ward and polling-unit levels.
The party is now presenting grassroots mobilisation as a major part of its strategy, while Amaechi and other leaders prepare to campaign across the states.
The coming months will show whether the ADC can turn its organisational drive and opposition messaging into sustained support on the ground. For voters, the expanding campaign will also bring greater attention to the parties’ policies, candidates and proposals ahead of the 2027 election.
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