A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukuemeka Eze has faulted the comment made by the party’s Lagos State chapter against Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, former Transportation for criticising the Tinubu administration, stating that the party’s reaction was motivated by sycophancy.
Amaechi had spoken about the current state of the nation under the Tinubu administration and charged Nigerians to mobilize massively to unseat the Tinubu administration in 2027, prompting criticisms from the Lagos State chapter of the APC.
In a statement party, the spokesperson of the APC in Lagos, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, described Amaechi as a rejected politicians who was merely hallucinating, adding that a politician rejected at home can’t lead a revolt against Tinubu.
“You cannot lead a national movement when your own backyard has padlocked the gate against you’, the statement read.
In reaction, Eze described APC’s comment as “ridiculous and untutored remark” that is borne out of sheer sycophancy, stressing that the current messy state of the nation makes it a child of necessity to call on Nigerians to galvanize towards political revolution to reclaim power and redeem the country.
He said that rather than keep mum, the Lagos State APC turned into Presidential attack-dogs “to smear the integrity of the efforts of patriots like the former Transportation Minister.”
Eze, an ally of Amaechi cautioned the APC and it’s leadership “to be bold enough to speak truthfully to the President, that the country is far worse than the Abacha years, even with the monumental oil wealth we have reaped under his watch as head of the federal government.”
He added: “And where in their absurd timidity, they decide to keep mum, they should not turn themselves into Presidential attack-dogs paid to smear the integrity of the efforts of patriots like the former Transportation Minister….”
Eze noted that Amaechi have never been rejected by his people under any credible election but rather it was Tinubu and APC that was rejected by the people of Lagos State during the 2023 general elections.
He maintained that the 2027 general elections will not be between Tinubu against any opposition platform, but it will be the impoverished Nigerians who live with Tinubu policies that will send him back to Lagos come 2027.
The APC chieftain added that “Amaechi remains undisputedly, one of the few leaders whose integrity is needed at this trying moment of our national life, to bring Nigerians together through a mass movement of patriots who are committed and are ready to see the new Nigeria we all dream…”
He called on Amaechi to remain focused in his drive to raise consciousness amongst the populace and charged him to redouble his efforts to convoke a massive flock of citizens to actively participate in the country’s redemption campaign.
