Buhari, APC Won’t Blame PDP After Four Years–Amaechi | Nairalaw

Chibuike Amaechi, Director- General of the APC Presidential
Campaign Council, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari and
the ruling All Progressives Congress will not blame the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) for any failings after his second term.

He said the reelection of President Buhari for a second term is
an opportunity the administration needs to prove to Nigerians that
it is better than the opposition.

The Transport Minister also expressed confidence that Buhari
will run an inclusive government, adding that the era blaming the
main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is over.

“Not only will he run an all inclusive government but he will
guided by the fact that Nigerians have suffered enough. It will be
time to use the resources to develop the people” he said.

Addressing a press conference Tuesday in Abuja to thank
Nigerians for their support for the party, the Transportation
minister said that President Buhari had in his acceptance speech,
assured that he will work to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians
under the next level agenda.

Amaechi said: “The president has said that not only will he run
an inclusive government but that he has also realised that
Nigerians have suffered enough and that it is time to rescue
Nigeria.

“Let us work together as friends and in four years’ time we will
come back for another election and encourage INEC to ensure
election is free, fair and credible. That is what the President is
emphasizing.”

Harping on the four years of blame game, he claimed that the
party had legitimate grounds for blaming the PDP for the greater
part of its first four years, alleging that the PDP carted away the
treasury leaving nothing for the development of infrastructure. He
further claimed that had the opposition party committed to
infrastructure development, the Calabar -Lagos Railway line would
be attained.

He “I think we should leave the past, whether PDP did well or
not we now have another four years to prove that we are better than
them. We have to prove them wrong by doing better.

“So, there are no excuses. The president will ensure he runs a
government that satisfy Nigerians and that is all we want. And, we
plead with some of those who ask this question to please as
journalists try and investigate properly.”

On the threat by PDP to write the UN and other international
bodies on alleged threat to democracy, Amaechi stressed that
there’s no greater authority than the constitution of Nigeria.

The former governor of Rivers State also chided the PDP and its
national chairman, Uche Secondus, over allegation that there may be
no elections in 2023.

He said the threat to write to UN or.the United States of
America is of no consequence, stating that they have no roles in
the internal affairs of the country.

“The US doesn’t have business in Nigeria because under this
Buhari government, no superior authority. The highest superior
authority in Nigeria now is Muhammadu Buhari and the
constitution”

He said the PDP chairman is neither the constitution nor
President of Nigeria to decide whether there will be polls 2023 or
not.. He stressed such issues like the holding of elections is
prescribed by constitution of the country.

On the move by PDP to challenge the electoral victory in court,
Amaechi said it is within their constitutional right to go to
court, even as he said the APC also have lawyers.

He also blamed Governor Nyesom Wike for the spate of violence
that characterized the presidential poll in Rivers state which
claimed lives of civilians and soldiers. Amaechi said the
regrettable incident occurred due the desperate bid by the Governor
of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike for a second term.

Amaechi who said he deliberately chose not to talk about
governance in Rivers state so that the governor will not blame him
for its nonperformance, accused governor Wike of single-handedly
ordering the withdrawal of N117 billion from state coffers in one
day.

“Just because one has ambition for second term so all human
being should die, I was once a governor of Rivers state and I
fought militants. I don’t know any of them and if you just tell me
your are a militant, that is the end, immediately I will take you
to court and You can ask anybody in Rivers state.”

Amaechi alleged that instead of working with the military to
maintain peace and order, the Rivers State Governor was busy
recruiting people under his neighbourhood watch.