Amaechi, Malami dump APC, join ADC
Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation and ex-governor of Rivers State, has finally decamped from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Amaechi also accused the APC of colluding with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hijack the 2027 elections.
He stated this in an interview following the unveiling of the interim executive of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Abuja on Wednesday.
Amaechi, who revealed that he had resigned from the APC on Tuesday night, expressed surprise that he had not been expelled from the party, despite having warned them not to send him invitations to meetings.
“I left APC last night,” he confirmed.
“I never attended one meeting, The last time they invited me, I warned them.
“I said, if you invite me to any meeting anymore… In fact, I was surprised that I wasn’t even expelled because I warned them in writing, don’t even invite me to any meeting.
“You can’t be in a club where majority of people are stealing and you don’t say anything.”
When asked why he chose not to join or support the current administration, but instead appeared to be clamouring for a change of government, he responded:
“No, it’s not about changing the government. If it were just about changing the government, then there would be no need to do so. It’s about changing Nigeria.
“Nigeria is completely destroyed. People can’t eat. People can’t buy food. There’s no money to buy food. Everything is gone. Inflation is at its peak. And the federal government is busy going around trying to hijack the election. INEC is helping them to hijack the election.
“No, no, no. What must happen here is that we must start not just a party, but a movement. It must be a movement that brings Nigerians to, on their own, take over government, not us.”
In the same vein, Abubakar Malami, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has formally resigned from the ruling APC.
Malami announced his defection to the ADC on Tuesday, July 2, 2025, citing the party’s alignment with a new coalition aimed at rescuing Nigeria from what he described as “further decline.”
According to him, his decision was not made out of anger or ambition but inspired by love for Nigeria.
