Igbo Should Go For Confession, Seek Forgiveness For Not Voting Buhari In 2015 – Amaechi

Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, has told Igbo in the country to “go for confession, and seek forgiveness” for not voting for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election.

Amaechi said this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture on ‘The Igbo in the politics of Nigeria’ at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra.

The former Rivers State governor further asked the Igbo to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and support President Buhari’s second term bid.

He said the President Buhari led administration has done more projects for the Igbo than any other administration has done in two years.

During the 2015 election, the Igbos, who are pre-dominant in the South-East region of the country, rooted for former President Goodluck Jonathan, who eventually lost to Buhari.

Buhari is yet to declare his intentions to seek a second-term in office, but there are reports that Mr Amaechi has been appointed the Director General of his re-election campaign.

“You (Igbo) did not vote for Buhari, true or false? You voted for PDP and what did they do for you? PDP abandoned the Enugu-Onitsha expressway since 1999, but Buhari is working on it, true or false?” the minister asked.

“Buhari is working on the second Niger Bridge, he is working on the Otuocha-Ibaji-Abuja road, he is working on the Abakaliki-Onueke road, he is working on the Oji-Achi-Naku road in Enugu state, he is also working on Ozalla-Akpugo-Amagunze road. He is working on the Aba-Ikot Ekpene road.

“Under Buhari, all major cities of the south-east are captured in the existing railway project. Name one government that has done up to this within two years. Our problem is that we are just being emotional.

“Igbo should go for confession, seek forgiveness and move into a national party, and look for way to fight from inside.

“They should vote for Buhari for a second term, and then force him out and look for Igbo president. Let the quarrel with the north, real or imagined, stop now.”