Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, during his visit to former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi at his Abuja residence on Thursday, said they would continue to engage in the search for solutions to rescue Nigeria from drift and despair, news.ng reports.
This comes barely 24 hours after Atiku was declared the winner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primaries, defeating Amaechi with 1,846,370 votes, while the former governor secured 504,117 votes.
He said, “This afternoon, I visited my brother and compatriot, former Governor of Rivers State and ex-Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, at his Abuja residence.”
“Beyond the warmth and camaraderie, we had deep and honest conversations about the troubling state of our nation, the growing economic pain, insecurity, and the urgent responsibility on patriotic Nigerians to continue engaging in the search for solutions that can rescue our country from drift and despair.”
This news platform recalls that the former Minister of Transportation had rejected the outcome of the presidential primary, alleging that members were disenfranchised from casting their votes.
He claimed that the conduct of the exercise did not reflect the values of the party.
“I will not accept results from a process that does not reflect the values that the ADC had pledged to uphold, to rescue Nigerians from the impunity and gross mismanagement that our country is currently facing in the hands of the ruling party,” Amaechi said in part of his statement he posted on X on Tuesday.
