The minister of transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has given his thoughts on the recent defections from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
Amaechi spoke to journalists after a day-long tour of the Ajaokuta-Warri rail construction which is nearing its completion
Amaechi, a stalwart of the APC and key member of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, says the defections won’t affect the president’s re-election bid in 2019. The minister made the comment during an interaction with journalists while on inspection tour of the Ajaokuta-Warri rail construction, which is nearing its completion.
He also confirmed rumours that the governors of Sokoto and Kwara states, Aminu Tambuwal and Abdulfatah Ahmed respectively, were on their way out of the ruling party.
He, however, predicted that the governors will lose their states to the APC during the presidential election scheduled for February 2019.
His words: “No matter what you do, the governor of Sokoto will leave naturally. He has ambition to be president. If you take a chicken to him he will still go. The same with Kwara. These are people you expect that they will leave.
“On those that defected at the House of Representatives and Senate, where do they come from? They come from areas that the president is comfortable. Do you honestly believe that the president will lose election in Sokoto?
We are not God, but it’s one of his comfort zones. “If you bring the president on a sick bed to Bauchi and Kano, he will win and he has never lost election in Bauchi. But that is a bit arrogant on our side; we should not underestimate them.
“I am not God. It is only God who can say the APC will win or not. But what is clear is that if you remove the God element, I think we are prepared to coast to victory because Nigerians will certainly reject a second looting. Nigeria can’t survive a second looting. Never!”
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