Rotimi Amaechi, the former Minister of Transport has claimed that President Bola Tinubu and the entire leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are in panic mode.
Amaechi, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) while speaking to some supporters in Rivers state ahead of the forthcoming 2027 general elections said Tinubu and top leaders of the APC are not as popular as they made people believe.
He further accused the ruling party and its leaders of making efforts to intimidate Nigerian voters ahead of the poll.
He said, “I thought the president said they were popular, I thought those people you were asking me about were popular.
“All these things, that they are doing are panic measures, they are scared. If you’re not scared let us meet on the field, let the peolle chose who they want to choose
“What they are doing is they are trying to force people on the people; to force politicians on the people. Now, what ADC provides for you, is an opportunity to choose who the right person is,” Amaechi said.
Speaking on measures the ADC plans to adopt to prevent voters’ apathy in the 2027 polls, Amaechi said the coalition party would leverage on grassroots mobilisation to win the elections.
“What are our countermeasures to intimidation, would be dependent on mobilisation, it must bring out the people. The reason why they are doing what they are doing is that they want apathy. They don’t want you to come out and vote because if you come out and vote, you’ll certainly not vote for APC.
“Even if you want to vote for APC, the question you’ll ask yourself is what have they done? Okay? The noise was, Lagos-Calabar coastal raid? Where is the Lagos -Calabar coastal road?
“I was minister for transport, I can show the evidence of what I have done,” he noted.
Also, listing some of his achievements as Minister of Transport, Amaechi said Nigerians irrespective of their region or party affiliations are enjoying the dividends of governance under the administration of the late Muhammadu Buhari.
He added, “Let this government show one thing they have done, either in the North or in the South… apart from stealing money.”
