Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari loves the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi even as the All Progressives Congress (APC) heads into their convention.
Rufai revealed that Buhari loves Amaechi due to his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress, APC, during the era of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He made this disclosure when Amaechi met with APC delegates from Kaduna ahead of the party’s national convention.
El-Rufai recalled wooing Amaechi and some other governors into the APC during the PDP administration.
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‘Let me tell you my history with Amaechi. When we started discussing with the G-7, the seven governors that wanted to defect to the APC, I was holding nocturnal meetings with Amaechi and Governor Nyako of Adamawa State until we got five of them to move to our party, and that was the game-changer.
‘And for you to understand how difficult it is, imagine Amaechi of Rivers State from the same South-South with incumbent President Jonathan.
‘He made the sacrifice to move to our party. It was a game-changer. This is part of the reason President Buhari loves Minister Amaechi till tomorrow,’ El-Rufai said.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that Amaechi had a few days ago urged the Nigerian electorate to vote the right people into positions of authority, to salvage the country from its current challenges.
Amaechi, who was a Special Guest of Honor at the 2022 World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Uyo last week, urged Nigerians to always hold politicians accountable, for the country to move forward.
The minister, a presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), warned journalists against publishing news items that could malign public officers.
