Former Minister of Transportation and one-time governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, has cleared that the only reason himself and former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, have not confronted Tinubu over Nigeria’s condition is because they are no longer serving as governors.
In Abuja, on Tuesday, at Lamido’s book launch titled ‘Being True to Myself’, Amechi made this statement noting that their era was all about bold opposition and a commitment to holding the Federal Government accountable.
The former governor who noted that he and Lamido would have confronted Tinubu and the entire government, said;
“I asked you (Lamido) this morning, what is going on currently in the country, in Nigerian politics — would it have happened when we were governors? You said no. And the answer is no.
“We would have confronted the government, confronted the president. That’s how radical you were. That’s how our Governors Forum operated. That’s how determined we were to change things.
“We were quite good friends in government. We had our bad times when we disagreed. I made the mistake of assuming he was as radical as I was. So, he was one of the governors I clung to when it came to radical decisions.
“The last one before we broke ranks was when we all agreed to go against President Jonathan. We formed a committee of governors and others. At the end of the day, he went to find a new party, the SDP. We said, ‘If we go to the SDP, we will lose the election. Let’s hang on to this one called the APC.’ He disagreed and left us. That’s where we parted ways.”
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