Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has parted ways with the ruling party, APC.
Addressing journalists at the coalition meeting in Abuja, Amaechi revealed he exited the APC on Tuesday night, July 1. He stated that Nigeria has been utterly devastated and needs a thorough transformation.
Amaechi, who previously served as governor of Rivers State, also alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, are conspiring to manipulate the upcoming elections in the country.
He expressed shock that the party did not expel him after he cautioned them against inviting him to meetings.
When asked why he chose not to back the ruling party, he said:
“No, it’s not about changing the government, if it is about changing the government, there is no need of changing the government, it’s about changing Nigeria.
Nigeria is completely destroyed. People can’t eat. People can’t buy food. There’s no money to buy food. Everything is gone. Inflation is at its peak. And the federal government is busy going around trying to hijack the election. INEC is helping them to hijack the election.
No, no, no. What must happen here is that we must start not just a party, but a movement, it must be a movement that brings in Nigerians to on their own take over government, not us.”
He further elaborated:
“I left APC last night. I never attended one meeting, last time they invited me I warned them. I said, if you invite me to any meeting anymore… In fact, I was surprised that I wasn’t even expelled because I warned them in writing, don’t even invite me to any meeting. You can’t be in a club where majority of people are stealing and you don’t say anything.”
Evaluating the Tinubu-led administration, Amaechi remarked:
“I have never believed that Tinubu is a material to govern the country, I have never, because now, people want (Muhammadu) Buhari to come back. What happens in Nigeria is that when a new government takes over, it becomes worse than the previous government that makes people say let the previous government come back.
People are asking for Buhari because things were better during Buhari’s administration. Dollar was I think ₦460 or five hundred and something now a dollar is one thousand five hundred and eighty, that is more than one hundred percent.”
When reminded that some might argue the exchange rate could be an intentional government policy, the former Minister responded:
“Whether it’s a deliberate government policy or not, any government that does not take into consideration the people you are governing is not a policy. President Tinubu said he is not here to make Nigerians happy.”
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