Nigeria’s Minister for Transportation and former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi recently visited APC delegates in Ogun State to solicit their support for his presidential bid ahead of the party’s presidential primary election.
According to Daily Trust, Amaechi during a meeting with the governor of the state, Dapo Abiodun, and the APC delegates in the state, described himself as a detribalized leader with the wealth of experience needed to solve the problems in Nigeria.
“I am very experienced. I am not an Igbo candidate and I will never be one. I am not a Yoruba candidate and I will never be one. I am not a Hausa/Fulani candidate and I will never be a Hausa/Fulani candidate. I am a Nigerian candidate,” Amaechi said to the delegates.
Furthermore, the Minister told the delegates that he was aware that their son, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was contesting for the presidency but they should vote for him (Amaechi) because he has more experience in dealing with the kind of problems in Nigeria.
To buttress his argument, Amaechi said his antecedents suggest that he can rule Nigeria better than any of the candidates in the 2023 race to Aso Rock.
“No one among them competing has governed a state where there was insecurity. When I was elected governor of Rivers, two-month-old children were being kidnapped.
“What did I do? I made a law that if you pay the ransom you will be imprisoned for 6 months. Because where there is no demand, there will be no supply” Amaechi said.
