Amaechi made the remark in an interview with Rapid TV. He used it to urge Nigerians to set aside religious, political and ethnic loyalties and reject Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.


The former Rivers State governor said his wife is the closest person in his life. He said that if she became president and governed as Tinubu does, his emotional attachment to her would not stop him from opposing her. In his words, "It's either she changes, or I leave her."


He called on voters to judge the president on his performance rather than personal affiliation, and likened re-electing Tinubu to the computer principle of "garbage in, garbage out."


Amaechi is a former minister of transportation and placed second to Tinubu in the 2022 APC presidential primary. He has been a consistent critic of the administration. He has previously said he refused to work or vote for Tinubu in 2023, and he has challenged the president's declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State.