A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi on Saturday expressed his loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the Presidential primaries of the party.
Amaechi pledged the loyalty during a consultative meeting with executives, delegates and other party faithful at the Rivers APC Secretariat yesterday.
The Minister of Transportation pointed out that in his bid to become the President of Nigeria, which he is thoroughly qualified for, he was neither desperate nor disloyal stressing that not even the outcome of the Party primaries would change that.
The two terms former governor of Rivers State stressed that it was sad that many politicians did not understand the concept of loyalty.
‘Loyalty is not when you are not chosen, you become disloyal, loyalty means you follow the man that leads you, that you have surrendered to his leadership.
‘If you don’t follow, it means you are not loyal, you are only benefitting from the man politically and economically. The day he’s not able to give you that economic reality, is the day you become disloyal.
‘I am a very loyal person, and those who are disloyal, I wish them well, those who want to do whatever they want to do, I wish them well,’ he said.
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According to him, the opportunity will be given to everybody and all will run this presidential election.
‘We will run and I am loyal to the President and I am loyal to the Party.
‘If the party says it is me, thank God. If the party says it is not me, whoever the party chooses, I will support.
‘If the Party and President chooses anybody, I will support the person, if the party chooses me, I will be glad and say thank God,’ Amaechi said.
On his part, Chairman of the APC in Rivers State, Emeka Beke, assured Amaechi of the party’s support and votes in the presidential primaries.
‘Sir, go home and sleep, Rivers delegates will vote for you, and I know my brothers who are statutory delegates will vote for you.
‘This is because all of us seated here today from Rivers State have benefitted from you, from your leadership and this is the time to pay you back. We will stand with you.
‘Let me use this opportunity to thank our brothers from other states, who have stood by our leader, Amaechi, I thank all of you. God Almighty will stand with you as you have chosen to stand by him.
‘But one thing I will tell you is that our leader is a man of one word. When he says yes, his yes is yes, when he says no, his no is no, and I know that he’s a man that will not forget all of you that stood by him.
‘By the grace of God you will be the presidential flag bearer, I will be the chairman that will produce Mr President, I will be the Chairman that will produce governor of Rivers State,‘ he said.
Amaechi also visited the Paramount ruler of Rebisi Kingdom in Port Harcourt, Eze Victor Woluchem, who expressed delight over his decision to run for the office of President in 2023.
Africa Daily News, New York
