Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has denied media reports alleging President Muhammadu Buhari and a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Bola Tinubu betrayed his trust over the recent appointments made by the president.
Rather the ex-governor appeared stunned at the tone of story and the degree of fabrications in it, to the extent of attributing quotes to him.
Tracing the genesis of the story to a meeting he held with his supporters, where he had reiterated to them the fact that change had finally berthed on the body polity with the strides of the administration in 100 days.
But his statement was deliberately skewed by his political adversaries to suit their “evil intentions”.
“Not only do they (Buhari and Tinubu) know that I would not descend so low to churning out such baloney; they also know those behind it and their ulterior intentions. So, I am neither bothered nor rattled by the arrant nonsense but however doing this for the record.
“Particularly, this response has also become imperative given the sensitivity of the issues raised and the tone they were couched. It was clear where they were coming from and it was certain, they went out for the jugular. But I am too much on the alert for such machinations to be caught off-guard. Therefore, the story is false; it is evil and completely irrational to have ties with the prevailing political re-engineering going on in the country.
“Also, for the record, it is important to note that the president’s approach to addressing the country’s multi-facet problems is most apt given the degree of rot and impunity that had reigned over the years. As such, there are two ways out: it is either we are circumspect and get it right or we haste and further plunge into crisis. But the president has adopted the most rational option, which is cautiously clearing the Augean stable.
“The promises are still there and alive and the approach to fulfill them are genuinely on track. It is, therefore, sensible to see reason with the government and president in this meticulous approach else we’d find ourselves back in the Egypt we left months ago,” Rotimi Amaechi said in his denial of the media reports alleging he felt betrayed over the recent appointments made by the president.
