2027: Amaechi officially joins ADC

2026-03-06 - 14:17

Former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), completing his registration at Ward 8 in Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Friday morning. The registration followed the destruction of the ADC’s office in the community set ablaze by unknown persons in the early hours of the same day. Residents awoke to the blaze, which gutted a section of the party office and sent panic rippling through the neighbourhood. No arrests had been made as of the time of the registration exercise. Addressing supporters who thronged the venue to receive him, Amaechi appealed for calm, urging his loyalists to resist any temptation toward reprisal or disorder. “Don’t be violent because violence may lead to the death of somebody — don’t be violent. At the same time, they can’t stop us from meeting in our community,” he said. Despite the charged atmosphere, Amaechi expressed satisfaction with the conduct of security operatives deployed to the area, singling out the state commissioner of police and the director of the Department of State Services for praise. “We thank the commissioner of police and the director of DSS; they showed a lot of professionalism. In fact, I wasn’t expecting that from them; I thought they would be behind the criminals,” he said. He subsequently called on security agencies to move swiftly to identify and prosecute those behind the arson, warning that such acts of intimidation would not deter the party’s activities in the area. Amaechi’s defection to the ADC signals a significant boost for the opposition party, which has been ramping up its national profile ahead of the 2027 general elections. Vanguard News