Former Rivers State Governor , Rotimi Amaechi, has said he would not play the role of vice president to any presidential candidate in the 2027 general elections.
Speculations have been rife that the former transportation minister would deputize ex-vice president, Atiku Abubakar, who is likely to emerge as the flagbearer of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
But speaking at an event in Abuja, Amaechi said that he is too presidential to be anybody’s vice.
“I will not be vice president to anybody. There are too many reasons why I won’t be vice president to anybody.
“The first reason is that I’m too presidential to be vice”, he said.
Amaechi, who is also eyeing the presidential ticket of the ADC, said the problem with the office of vice president is not ceremonial, it is structural.
He said that in Nigeria, the office of the vice president is designed to be subordinate, often powerless, and depend entirely on the temperament of the president.
“We will quarrel, instead of that, I would rather be a minister than be a vice president”, said Amaechi.
