Former minister of transportation and a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu is responsible for the crisis in the opposition.
Addressing a gathering at a public lecture whose video trended on Friday, Amaechi argued that the opposition is the primary problem in the country, adding that Tinubu is not invincible.
He argued that opposition parties were consumed by ethnic and regional power calculations rather than conversations about governance and national renewal.
“Tinubu isn’t invincible; the opposition is the problem. I don’t see him as invincible. The problem is the opposition.
“I tell the opposition party that you’re the problem. Nobody’s saying, ‘Oh, things are bad. How do we change the candidate? Do you want to do one term or not one term?’ That’s all. Nothing else is discussed.
“So, while the elites are busy discussing how to get to power, the voters, the citizens, are helping the elites to achieve that objective,” he said.
Amaechi also revealed that he has been holding meetings with political actors ahead of the 2027 polls.
“If you ask those who meet with me, they will tell you that I have been having meetings and talking to them about the possibility of winning the 2027 election,” he said.