The All-Progressive Congress said former Transport Minister Romtimi Amaechi is uncharitably inviting anarchy to the country by calling on youths to protest against the high cost of living.
Mr. Amaechi who was also a former governor of Rivers State had wondered why youths have not taken to the streets to protest the biting economic policies of President Bola Tinubu. He also said in the Igbere TV interview that he couldn’t afford to buy fuel at the current price.
But speaking Friday in a statement APC national publicity secretary Felix Morka said Amaechi spent a total of 24 years in government and had stolen enough money to live comfortably in these hard times.
“From the lavish comfort of his “proverbial glass house”, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, former Minister of Transport and Governor of Rivers state, in a recent interview, berated Nigerian youth for not protesting “high cost of living” in the country to his morbid satisfaction,” Morka 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.
“For almost all of his adult life, Amaechi, has been a leechy 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.
“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 Musa Kwankwaso, must feel is that they are not in the saddle of government today.”
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