Amechi doesn’t deserve ministerial appointment, give River’s slot to Wike – Okocha tells Tinubu

A Notable member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha has said that former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi does not deserve to get any appointment from President Bola Tinubu.

According to Okocha, both Amaechi and Senator Magnus Abe worked against Tinubu’s presidential ambition in Rivers State during the 2023 elections.

Speaking to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, Okocha, who was the Chief of Staff to Amaechi when he was the Rivers State governor alleged that it is an open secret that Amaechi worked for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, while Abe, who obtained the governorship ticket of the Social Democratic Party, supported the SDP flag bearer.

The APC chieftain, therefore, urged Tinubu to give the ministerial slot for Rivers State to former Governor Nyesom Wike.

He said, ‘’Neither Amaechi and his group nor Magnum Abe and his group worked for Tinubu. What helped us in Rivers State is the stupidity of the PDP, we all know. At the centre of that is the spin doctor, Nyesom Wike, governor of my state.

“Since the inception of the PDP in 1998, Rivers State has been a haven for the PDP. It has won elections back to back. Even when we were in government, PDP still defeated us (in Rivers).

“Wike gave instructions to his PDP family because they had no candidate to vote for. (He said) ‘Work with APC,’ and it was me they were coming to work with because I was the arrowhead (of the APC).

“Abe had left, Amaechi had left. I’m bold to say that Wike took care of the election bills. He was the one that paid the piper. Without Wike’s huge support, material and financial, (Peter) Obi could have swept River State.

“Even to localize Wike to Rivers State, you are short-cutting and short-circuiting his influence. If the G-5 governors were intact with the PDP, PDP would have won.

“If Wike, who was in the PDP, could support the APC to win, why is it that the APC, having won, cannot also recompense the man who helped us to win?”