African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has declared that he is prepared to abandon Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ticket and campaign for President Bola Tinubu if the price of petrol falls to ₦600 per litre.
Amaechi made the declaration on Friday while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he challenged the Tinubu administration’s claims that its economic reforms were beginning to deliver prosperity.
The former Rivers State governor said he would personally visit a filling station to confirm the price of petrol and take the dramatic political step if it had dropped to ₦600.
“I will go tomorrow morning to the petrol station to buy fuel, I will go myself, if fuel has come down to 600, I will campaign for President Tinubu,” Amaechi said.
“If fuel comes down to 600 tomorrow, I will campaign for Tinubu.”
He went further, asking anyone who doubted the pledge to accompany him with a camera.
“If you doubt me, come with your camera to my house, and I will go to the filling station and buy fuel, and I, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi will withdraw as a vice presidential candidate of Atiku and campaign for President Tinubu, if it has come down,” he said.
Amaechi is Atiku’s running mate on the ADC ticket for the 2027 presidential election, while Tinubu is seeking another term on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
The former transportation minister made the remark while questioning whether Nigerians were already experiencing the economic improvement highlighted by Tinubu in his Independence Day address.
“It is about believability; who do you believe?” Amaechi asked.
“Has any price come down, has anything changed?”
Petrol prices have become a major political issue ahead of the 2027 election following increases since the removal of fuel subsidy in 2023.
Amaechi has argued that lower energy costs would reduce pressure on transportation, food and other household expenses.
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