{"id":198588,"date":"2026-04-08T19:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:41:20","slug":"amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi Warns Tinubu May Move Capital Back to Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, has warned that President Bola Tinubu could damage Abuja and even shift the Federal Capital Territory to Lagos if re-elected in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi made this remark on Wednesday during a protest in Abuja, where he stressed that the ADC is determined to remove the All Progressives Congress, APC, from power, just as the APC unseated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cThe APC forced PDP out of office, and now it is our turn to do the same to them. If they remain in power, they may destroy this capital or relocate it to Lagos. Nigerians must vote them out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The protest, tagged #OccupyINEC, was organised by the ADC in response to the Independent National Electoral Commission\u2019s decision to withdraw recognition from some of its leaders amid an internal crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Key figures of the party, including Amaechi, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rabiu Kwankwaso, David Mark, and Rauf Aregbesola, were present at the demonstration, all maintaining that Tinubu should not continue in office.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi also accused the president of undermining Nigeria\u2019s democracy and suggested that the APC fears losing future elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey claimed to be popular, so why are they afraid of elections? Tinubu says he was part of NADECO, yet democracy is being weakened under him. In 2015, the APC benefited from Jega, who remains one of the finest INEC chairmen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further criticised the appointment of Joash Amupitan as INEC chairman, alleging that it was aimed at weakening opposition parties ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAppointing someone primarily concerned with protecting personal interests has no place in INEC. It is disappointing. The process has already been manipulated by restricting party registrations out of fear of defeat. Regardless, they will lose the election,\u201d Amaechi added.<\/p>\n<p>He also blamed the current administration for the rising unemployment and urged Nigerians to reject the APC in the next elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnemployment is increasing under Tinubu\u2019s leadership. If Nigerians do not act, the situation will worsen. Consider how quickly the national anthem was changed upon his assumption of office. I have played my part; the rest is up to the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, has warned that President Bola Tinubu could damage Abuja and even shift the Federal Capital Territory to Lagos if re-elected in 2027. Amaechi made this remark on Wednesday during a protest in Abuja, where he stressed that the ADC is determined to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amaechi Warns Tinubu May Move Capital Back to Lagos - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, has warned that President Bola Tinubu could damage ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amaechi Warns Tinubu May Move Capital Back to Lagos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, has warned that President Bola Tinubu could damage ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-08T18:18:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-08T19:41:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775677125.585361.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Amaechi Warns Tinubu May Move Capital Back to Lagos\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-08T18:18:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-08T19:41:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos\"},\"wordCount\":384,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775677125.585361.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-warns-tinubu-may-move-capital-back-to-lagos\",\"name\":\"Amaechi Warns Tinubu May Move Capital Back to Lagos - 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