The decision was announced on Saturday during the party’s national convention.
Me Amaechi is now the second ADC presidential aspirant after Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
Screening of aspirants is scheduled for May 8 to 12, 2026.
The minister insisted that the Peoples Democratic Party remains the only opposition party in the country.
“He doesn’t want to participate in primaries. He prefers to be a consensus candidate, and that consensus must be him,” said the ADC chieftain.
The politician said his decision to remain in the ADC stemmed from the efforts he invested in building the party.
The defectors cited unresolved internal crises at all levels in the ADC for their decisions.
He doesn’t know because he has never been interested,” the ADC spokesman claimed.
Mr Dickson urged Nigerians to reject the claim and focus on the party.
