Amaechi offers to campaign for Tinubu if petrol falls to ₦600
Rotimi Amaechi, vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, said he would withdraw as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate and campaign for President Bola Tinubu if petrol sold for ₦600 per litre the following day. He criticised the removal of fuel subsidy and rising living costs.
Rotimi Amaechi, the African Democratic Congress vice-presidential candidate, has challenged President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the cost of living and petrol prices. Amaechi, a former Rivers State governor, made the remarks on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. He said the removal of fuel subsidy had made life more difficult because adequate measures had not been introduced to cushion its effects.
He offered to withdraw as the running mate to Atiku Abubakar and campaign for Tinubu if petrol sold for ₦600 per litre by Saturday. Amaechi said he would personally visit a filling station and invited people to accompany him with cameras to verify the price. His statement was framed as a challenge to the administration’s handling of fuel costs.
He also described the 2027 presidential election as a choice between life and death. According to him, Nigerians would have only one choice if they wanted to remain alive. Amaechi said Tinubu represented what he called “the choice of death”.
The source material did not include a response from the President or the Federal Government to his remarks. The comments focused on the effects of fuel prices on household finances and on the political consequences of the subsidy removal. Amaechi’s proposed change of allegiance was conditional on the stated pump price being reached the following day.
No further details were provided about the price Amaechi expected at the filling station or whether he later carried out the proposed visit.
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