The ruling All Progressives Congress on Friday slammed a former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, over his recent comment calling for protest against fuel hike. The party said the statement was to incite Nigerian youths against President Bola Tinubu.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja titled, ‘Rotimi Amaechi, Inciting Anarchy is Irresponsible and Unpatriotic.’
Amaechi, a former minister of transportation had, in a recent interview, berated Nigerian youths for sitting back instead of hitting the streets to protest the rising cost of living and hardship in the country.
Morka described Amaechi’s statement as irresponsible, adding that his attitude towards the current APC government was unbecoming of a leader who was a two-term Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, a two-term governor and a two-term minister.
He said, “Amaechi’s comments are insensitive, god-awful and unpatriotic, coming from one of Nigeria’s longest serving and highest ranking political freeloaders— a two-term Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, a two-term governor, and a two-term Minister of Transport.
“If those in power ‘steal money’ as Amaechi mischievously alleged, how come he can’t afford to ‘buy diesel’ barely two years after ‘stealing’ for over 24 years in power as speaker, governor and minister? The only real anger that Amaechi and his fellow tribesmen of naysayers of the likes of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, must feel is that they are not in the saddle of government today.
“For almost all of his adult life, Amaechi has been a dependant on state resources, a voracious beneficiary of official patronage, and a leading participant in the generational devastation of our country’s economy. Attempting to hoodwink Nigerians into his web of false empathy and incitement to violence is hypocritical, provocative and dangerous.
“We urge Nigerians to dismiss the call to anarchy by Amaechi and his partisan tribesmen and to remain patient and continue to support President Tinubu’s bold effort to transform our country’s economy once and for all.”
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