Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has picked former Transportation Minister, Chibuike Amaechi, as his running mate ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Reports quoted the immediate past chairman of ADC in Rivers State, Leader Sampson, to have confirmed this on Saturday.
Amaechi contested the ADC presidential primary election but lost to the former vice president.
Prior to the primary election, Amaechi had declared that he did not buy the ADC presidential form to later become Vice President.
Amaechi also vehemently rejected the outcome of the primary election, which some aggrieved party members alleged was rigged in favour of Atiku.
But when asked if Amaechi has accepted the vice presidential role, Leader Sampson simply said, “yes.