During an event to celebrate his 60th birthday in Abuja, ex-Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi revealed that he once informed President Bola Tinubu that he would never collaborate with him.
Amaechi stated that he made this decision because he believed that Tinubu did not possess the skills necessary to effectively lead Nigeria.
Amaechi said: “I told Tinubu in Yola, I will not support you; I will not work for you. I did not work for him; I did not vote for him. It was the issue of capacity.
“Some of us who are here are also those who vote on an ethnic or religious basis. Innocent, uneducated people are manipulated to vote based on ethnicity and religion — that’s why we are here.
“When we leave here, we go to plot to go and grab power; no Nigerian leader cares for you.
“You that voted Muslim/Muslim ticket, let the Muslim market come out now. For us in opposition, if you want us to remove this man, we can remove this man from power.
“We want to submit to the opposition if the opposition will take us out of this problem.
“They are weaponising poverty by stealing the money they should have used to build hospitals and schools.
“The benefit of the fuel subsidy removal is in their pockets.”
