‘PDP Will Not Have Peace,’ Amaechi Says After Leaked Audio Tapes

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has spoken for the first time since the release of some trending audio tapes on Sunday where he was heard passing negative remarks on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

Amaechi, who is the Director-General of the President Buhari presidential campaign organisation, was heard portraying the President as a dismal failure who since assuming office in 2015 has failed to fulfill his campaign promises to Nigerians.

The Minister was heard saying the Buhari administration has invited hunger and poverty on Nigerians less than four years since assuming office.

The audio recordings which are being released by a former presidential aide, Mr Reno Omokri, is alleged to have been sponsored by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

But speaking when President Buhari inaugurated his presidential campaign council in Abuja on Monday, Amaechi slammed the PDP, calling on Nigerians not to return the opposition party to power in the 2019 elections.

“I was in the PDP, the slogan was “Share the money”. But here we are not sharing money. And because we are not sharing money they are saying vote buying. Because they ran election with government money, eating, buying cars with government money and nobody cared.

“I appeal to Nigerians; don’t give one vote to the PDP, they are hungry, they can’t stand poverty, they can’t stand not touching government money. Where money is given for prayers in Nigeria, I can pray in my church, nobody is giving me money to go and pray,” he said.

“We are no longer stealing money. PDP stole the money meant to feed Nigerians and until they return it, they will not have peace.

“PDP has nothing to say to Nigerians. Our campaign is going to be issues based. We are determined to save Nigerians.

“The President said he will fight corruption; that he is doing. We met a tattered economy that if we did nothing, Nigeria would be at a mess. But today the economy has been growing.

“In fixing the economy we promised infrastructural development. When I took over as Minister of Transportation, GE approached me and said we have approached different governments for 11 years to allow us to take over the rail with our own money but nobody agreed, this government agreed.

“Anybody that says we can do so in four years must be a magician. What we are pleading with Nigerians for is another four years to consolidate on what we have started,” said the minister.