2027: I’ll Withdraw From Atiku And Campaign For Tinubu if Fuel Drops to N600 — ADC VP Candidate Amaechi

By Micheal Chukwuebuka

African Democratic Congress (ADC) Vice Presidential candidate, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the state of the economy, saying he would campaign for the President in 2027 if petrol sells for ₦600 per litre.

Amaechi made the statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on October 2, 2026, while reacting to Tinubu’s Independence Day address and his claim that Nigeria had entered an “age of prosperity.”

Questioning whether Nigerians were already experiencing the economic improvement described by the President, Amaechi asked whether the prices of essential goods and transportation had actually fallen.

“Has any price come down, has anything changed?” he asked.

He then used the price of petrol as a test, saying he was prepared to personally visit a filling station to confirm the price.

“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.

He further challenged sceptics to accompany him with a camera, adding that he would withdraw from the ticket of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and support Tinubu if petrol had fallen to ₦600.

“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.