BREAKING: Amaechi Regrets Joining APC? Ex-Minister's Ally Breaks Silence

• Rotimi Amaechi, the former minister of transportation, has said there was no regret in joining the ruling APC
• Chief Eze Chuekwuemeka Eze, a strong ally of Amaechi, the clarification on behalf of the two-times Rivers governor
• According to Eze, Amaechi never gave a media audience to the person who made the claim in his report

Rotimi Amaechi, the former Minister of Transportation, has denied a report that he regretted joining the All Progressives Congress (APC). The report claimed that Amaechi was unhappy with the way he was treated by the party leadership.

However, Amaechi's ally, Chief Eze Chuekwuemeka Eze, stated that the report was false and that Amaechi never had a media audience with the person who made the claim.

Amaechi built and nurtured APC

According to Vanguard, Eze emphasized that Amaechi does not regret building and nurturing the APC into a formidable political bloc. He noted that leadership failure is not unique to the APC but rather a national issue.

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The former governor's ally maintained that Amaechi, like many Nigerians, regrets the suffering of the people due to government negligence. Eze stated that the authors of the report acted of their own volition and that Amaechi's silence on party matters is a personal choice.

He clarified that Amaechi's silence is not a sign of regret but a deliberate decision. Amaechi himself denied the report, stating that he never uttered the words attributed to him.

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This comes amid the claim that the former minister was not on good terms with the ruling APC since President Bola Tinubu's emergence. Amaechi was a two-term governor of Rivers under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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He was one of the PDP governors who joined the ruling APC ahead of the 2015 general elections before the party defeated incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

Wike vs Fubara: Amaechi speaks on Rivers crisis

Legit.ng earlier reported that Rivers state political crisis appeared not to end soon as former governor Rotimi Amaechi shared his view.

Amaechi, a former minister of transportation, maintained that his successor, Nyesom Wike, still has grassroots support more than Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

According to Amaechi, Fubara appeared more popular because he was anti-Wike, and many people in the state were tired of Wike.

Source: Legit.ng