Mr Eze said Amaechi, also a former governor of Rivers State, does not entertain any regrets in building and nurturing the APC into a formidable political bloc.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has debunked a report alleging he said he regretted joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) because of the way he has been treated by the party’s leadership.
The report was said to have been concocted after the caretaker committee chairman of the APC in Rivers, Tony Okocha, claimed Amaechi warned that he should not be invited for any activity concerning the party.
However, the ex-minister’s confidant, Eze Eze, released a statement on Monday on Amaechi’s behalf, saying he never made such a statement.
Mr Eze said Amaechi, also a former governor of Rivers State, does not entertain any regrets in building and nurturing the APC into a formidable political bloc.
He emphasised that leadership failure has little or nothing to do with a political party in the Nigerian context.
Eze said, “For posterity’s sake, I have come to make this clarification in order not to massage the political ego of ungrateful allies, as keeping quiet will send a dangerous signal in the APC family and the country’s polity.
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“Flowing from the above summation, I make bold to state that Amaechi’s silence in the affairs of our great party is purely a personal issue and based on self-convictions.
“It has come to my knowledge of an orchestrated mischief and a deliberate but concerted effort aimed at maligning and placing Amaechi in public opprobrium.
“The said report ascribed to Amaechi, to say the least, is a handiwork of political charlatans and their sponsors who are hell-bent on destroying a hand that once fed them.
“Amaechi is a complete party man, a strategist, a proactive and focused politician, who would not condescend so low to rant publicly on issues that would negate the growth and existence of APC and intra-party politics.”
He quoted Amaechi as saying, “I did not say that rubbish. I must state that I am fully aware of the sponsor of such a diabolical act aimed at demeaning the person and personality of Amaechi before the public but that is an exercise in futility.”
Eze said the former minister has no regret for “transforming the rail transportation in Nigeria, neither does he have any regret bringing Buhari to power.”