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Former aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, has described himself as a simple politician who doesn’t steal money.
Amaechi, in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, said transparency is not an easy thing when talking about corruption.
He said: “I’m the simplest politician you can meet in Nigeria. When they meet me and see how simple and ordinary I am, it sweeps them off their feet.
“When I say I won’t steal money, 80% of the time I’m serious. Is it easy to swear to God and say in your life you won’t steal?
“Transparency is not an easy thing in terms of corruption. Have you really gone to take people’s money, no.
“Most of the things you have, you really have to say that the office helped you to influence it, so there are a lot of loans some of us took, if it weren’t the government they wouldn’t give you.”
The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has announced former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, as his running mate.
Obi made the announcement on Saturday after his official confirmation as the NDC presidential candidate.
The Eastern Updates reports that the NDC on Saturday declared Obi its presidential candidate ahead of next year’s general elections.
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Obi and Kwankwaso had recently dumped the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the NDC, citing internal divisions and court cases.
African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has declared that it is not yet time to celebrate.
Reacting to his emergence as the ADC flagbearer in the 2027 presidential election, Atiku urged all the party’s contestants to work together in pulling Nigeria out of the grip of corruption, incompetence and what he described as the polarizing government of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Posting on X, the former Vice President wrote: “I must state at this juncture that this is not the time to celebrate. No one was defeated because we are one party and we all need to recognise the fierce urgency of the moment.
