Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is set to pick former Transportation Minister, Chibuike Amaechi, as his running mate, on the presidential ballot of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Amaechi’s emergence is seen as a strategic move by Atiku to counter the Peter Obi–Rabiu Kwankwaso ticket being fielded by the rival Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the January 16, 2027, presidential election.
Political observers say Atiku’s decision signals a departure from the approach he adopted before the 2023 election, when he declined to select former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who finished as runner-up in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary, as his running mate.
Following the defection of former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and his New Nigeria Peoples Party counterpart, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to the ADC, speculation grew that the party had already settled on an Atiku-Amaechi ticket to achieve a North-East/South-South regional balance.
However, Amaechi had earlier
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