Former vice president and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, nearly settled on the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as his running mate before finalizing his decision to choose Rotimi Amaechi for the 2027 ticket.
The choice followed intense behind-the-scenes maneuvering and competing strategic calculations within the party hierarchy following Atiku’s primary victory, where he secured the ticket with 1,846,370 votes with Amaechi, his closest challenger finishing second with 504,117 votes.
Party sources disclosed that a major faction felt the South-East geopolitical zone was the most critical region to leverage for the vice-presidential slot, especially to fill the opposition void left by the absence of a joint ticket with Peter Obi.
Obi left the ADC to the Nigerian Democratic Congress, eventually clinching the presidential ticket of the party.
The development led to high-level deliberation over prominent South-East figures, culminating in a discreet political
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