Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation and a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has denied reports that he will soon declare his support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming 2023 elections.
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Umar Sani, a former Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Vice President Namadi Sambo, reportedly revealed on the HardTalk Twitter space that the former Rivers State Governor said as a devout Catholic, he cannot support the APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
“I’m glad to tell you that in Rivers state, PDP has gotten Amaechi because he (Amaechi) said he is a Catholic and will not support Muslim-Muslim ticket. He is going to support PDP”
“So if there is somebody who can match Wike madness for madness, boxing for boxing, it’s Amaechi” Sani had said.
In response to that claim, Rotimi Amaechi denied it, claiming that he is a complete fabrication.
“He is lying. There was never any time I said anything like that,” The former Minister is quoted in the Daily Independent as saying on Friday, December 30, 2022.
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