Amaechi Unleashed: Why He Ditched APC and Tinubu

Former Minister of Transportation and two-time presidential aspirant, Rotimi Amaechi, has officially resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring that Nigeria is in a state of total collapse and urgently in need of systemic transformation.

Amaechi made the bombshell announcement in Abuja on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, during the unveiling of the interim executive of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

His remarks were unsparing and direct, aimed not only at his former party but also at the current state of governance in Nigeria.

“Nigeria is completely destroyed.

“People can’t eat. People can’t buy food.

“There’s no money to buy food.

“Everything is gone. Inflation is at its peak,” Amaechi lamented.

He confirmed that his exit from the APC took place on Tuesday night, expressing surprise that he hadn’t been expelled sooner.

According to him, he had long signaled his discontent with the party and had even cautioned party leaders not to invite him to any further meetings.

“You can’t be in a club where the majority of people are stealing and you don’t say anything,” he said, underscoring what he described as the party’s moral decay.

The former minister, who once served as Governor of Rivers State, criticized both the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He accused them of colluding to manipulate future elections.

His remarks signal a deeper concern about Nigeria’s democratic process and the credibility of electoral institutions.

According to Amaechi, the solution to Nigeria’s problems does not lie in merely swapping one ruling party for another but in fundamentally rebuilding the country.

“It’s about changing Nigeria.

“What must happen here is that we must start not just a party, but a movement… to on their own take over government, not us,” he declared.

He framed the ADC as more than a political platform, an awakening for collective citizen action.

When asked about his views on the current administration led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Amaechi did not mince words.

“I have never believed that Tinubu is a material to govern the country… People want Buhari to come back,” he said.

In comparing current economic conditions under Tinubu to the previous administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, he pointed out the naira’s dramatic fall against the dollar as evidence of declining economic management.

“Dollar was I think ₦460 or five hundred and something, now a dollar is ₦1,580.

“That is more than 100 per cent,” he noted, linking the currency crash to rising poverty and inflation across the nation.

On whether the worsening exchange rate could be part of a deliberate fiscal policy, Amaechi expressed doubt that such an approach could be justified under the current hardship.

“Whether it’s a deliberate government policy or not, any government that does not take into consideration the people you are governing is not a policy.

President Tinubu said he is not here to make Nigerians happy,” he recalled.

His statements paint a bleak picture of Nigeria’s current realities, from food insecurity and currency devaluation to alleged government indifference.

For many Nigerians who once saw Amaechi as a core pillar of the APC power structure, his exit and public denunciation of the party could signal a deepening fracture within the ruling coalition.

While responding to questions about his personal political future, Amaechi made it clear he is still interested in playing an active role in Nigeria’s transformation.

“I have the right to be ambitious, I am not overambitious,” he said, subtly hinting that he may yet contest for higher office again.

With economic pressures mounting and political realignments underway, Amaechi’s departure from the APC, once Nigeria’s most dominant political machine, marks a turning point.

It also raises key questions about where he and other disaffected political figures may head next.

As Nigerians brace for what may be a turbulent political season ahead, Amaechi’s bold rhetoric and breakaway stance may stir both hope and controversy, particularly among a restless populace eager for genuine change.

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