“How Dr Fayemi and I Started The Formation Of ADC Coalition” – Rotimi Amaechi

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has given an insight into how the emerging opposition Coalition platform,  African Democratic Congress, ADC, was like before its unveiling.

Amaechi, who was a two-term Governor of Rivers State, said he and former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, started it all, before enlisting support from others.

The Source reports that the ADC Coalition which was launched on July 2, 2025, has in its fold such notable personalities as Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President , former Governor of Anambra state and the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party LP, Peter Obi,  Malam Nasir El-Rufai, former Governor of Kaduna state, former National Chairman of the APC, Odigie Oyegun, among others.

Former Senate President, David Mark, and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, have since been appointed interim National Chairman and National Secretary respectively to steer the platform, which is presently regarded as the potent opposition platform to pursue the quest to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.

Amaechi,  in a post on an X space entitled “Weekend Politics” on Friday, August 8, said he and Dr Fayemi, after conceiving and starting the Coalition decided to expand it.

“Fayemi and I began the Coalition discussion and we subsequently agreed to broaden it so that it would involve more than just the two of us talking about starting a new party .

“We must create a middle class and put money in the pockets of Nigerians; insecurity will reduce.

“Other prominent political actors who have signed on for the new ADC Coalition include two former Secretaries to the Government of the Federation SGFs Babachir Lawal and Boss Mustapha, and former Minister of Sports Bola Abdullahi who is the interim spokesperson .

Instructively, most of the progenitors of the Coalition platform are persons that served as Ministers under late President Buhari.

While Amaechi held sway at the Transportation Ministry for eight years ,Dr Fayemi was Minister of Mines and Solid Minerals , before later going back to complete his second term as Governor of Ekiti State .