Tag: Rotimi Amaechi

2023: G-37 pushes for Rotimi Amaechi as APC presidential candidate over Tinubu’s fitness 

Aminu Imam

A political pressure group pushing for the Rotimi Amaechi presidential bid in the upcoming 2023 general elections, the G-37, has called on delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ignore some presidential aspirants who are promoting ethnic championship. Urging Nigerians to support former minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, national coordinator of the group, Comrade Evans City, said it is becoming clearer every day that some people’s interest is to divide the party across tribal lines. In an issued statement yesterday, the G-37 said this set of persons have been…

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Wike to Amaechi: “You’re a failure in Rivers”

Aminu Imam

…Says he can’t even enter Presidential Villa again The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has described his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, as a “total failure”. Wike made the comment yesterday, at the inauguration of a construction project in Port Harcourt, the State capital. Recall that on Saturday, Amaechi while attending the burial of Alabo Graham-Douglas, a former minister, in Akuku Toru LGA of the state, criticised the absence of Wike. “Indeed going by the contributions he (Graham-Douglas) made to the State, I was thinking that the state would take responsibility…

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Economic Crimes: CNPP, CSOs demand immediate resignation of NPA Boss, arrest of ex-Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi

Aminu Imam

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) and the Coalition of National Civil Society Organisations (C-CSOs) have called for the immediate resignation of the current Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Moh’d Bello-Koko, and the arrest of the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for defying the Federal Government on matters relating to the Treasury Single Account, (TSA), and operating two secret foreign accounts where payments are made and the funds are looted at will by the management and the supervising Minister while he was in office. Recall…

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2023: Amaechi raises alarm of bribery of delegates at APC presidential primary weeks after

Aminu Imam

The former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that some delegates were induced with money to vote at the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential primary, which was held in June. Amaechi made the allegation on Saturday, at an event to mark the 60th birthday of Eugene Ogu, the general overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In a video posted on the Facebook page of the church, Amaechi said the delegates collected money to solve their immediate problems. The former governor was the runner-up at…

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“Emergence of Obi an opportunity to take back Nigeria” – Amaechi

Aminu Imam

Former Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the candidacy of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, is a chance for the “long-suffering” people of Nigeria to “take back their country”. Speaking with newsmen at his home in Nnewi-South local government area of Anambra State, Amaechi said Nigerians have been “politically raped” for many years by both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC).  “The emergence of Peter Obi and Datti Baba Ahmed ticket is an opportunity that God has given to the long-suffering people of…

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Wike orders prosecution of Amaechi, Cole over alleged sale of assets

Aminu Imam

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has directed the State’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zaccheaus Adangor, to commence immediate prosecution of his predecessor and former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, over the alleged fraudulent sale of State assets and diversion of $50 million. Wike gave the directives yesterday, at the Executive Chamber of Government House, Port Harcourt, during the inauguration of three new commissioners. The Governor named those to be included in the prosecution as Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, along with his company Sahara Energy.…

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2023 Presidency: Tinubu, Amaechi divide APC NWC

Aminu Imam

…”After Buhari, it is my turn” – Tinubu The battle for the presidential ticket of the ruling party has intensified within the All Progressives Congress (APC) and dividing its National Working Committee, (NWC). The recent outburst against the APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu by Salihu Lukman and Isaacs Kekemeke, APC National Vice-Chairman (North-West) and (South-West) respectively, is a pointer to the rift and ongoing crisis pulling the house at its seams. A source at the party’s National Secretariat says the pro-Tinubu members of the party’s NWC are railing for…

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N96bn Alleged Fraud: Wike, Rivers leaders set to meet, decide Amaechi, Cole, others’ fate

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that leaders of the State would meet to decide on whether to commence criminal prosecution of the former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, over the alleged fraudulent sales of some valued State assets and diversion of State funds. The governor said those whose fate would also be decided during the meeting, would include, Tonye Cole, Sahara Energy Ltd, and former Rivers State Commissioner for Transport, George Tolofari. Wike, who gave this indication during a media parley attended by Rivers elders in Abuja, last…

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N96bn fraud probe: Amaechi loses at Supreme Court

Aminu Imam

…To face Wike’s panel The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the suit by former Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, to stop the planned probe of N96 billion fraud allegedly involving him during his tenure as governor. Recall that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, had set up a seven-man panel to probe Amaechi’s eight-year tenure as Governor. The panel probed some transactions estimated at about N96billion carried out by Rivers State Government under Amaechi. The panel, however, announced Amaechi’s administration fraudulently sold some assets belonging to the State. The listed valuable assets are…

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2023: “I’ve known poverty; I still drink garri three times a day” – Amaechi

Aminu Imam

Former transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, says he’s a better candidate to be voted president because he understands the sufferings of poor Nigerians. “I can connect easily with the people. I wasn’t born into a rich family. My father was a poor man, and the only English my mother knows how to speak is pidgin English. I ate garri three times a day, and I still eat garri three times a day till today, so I know poverty”, the ex-minister said. Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers, made this assertion while…

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