Former Minister of Transportation and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has officially parted ways with the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring that Nigeria is in dire need of a total overhaul. Speaking at a coalition meeting in Abuja, Amaechi revealed he resigned from the ruling party on Tuesday night, July 1.
In a bold statement, he accused the APC and INEC of plotting to hijack upcoming elections, describing the country as “completely destroyed” under the current leadership. He also expressed shock that the party didn’t expel him, even after he warned them not to invite him to any further meetings.
His exit marks a major political shake-up and could ignite further realignments in the nation’s power play.
“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 stated;
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
