The Rivers State Governor and
Director General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, and a former Minister of Aviation and Director of
Media and Publicity of Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, targeted diatribes at each other Sunday,
exchanging abuses on television.
Premium Times reports…
Messrs Amaechi and Fani-Kayode
were guests on a Channels Television programme, Politics Today.
Speaking first, Mr. Amaechi had
dismissed Mr. Fani-Kayode as someone who “does not have credibility”.
The Rivers Governor was
responding to a question from anchor, Seun Okinbaloye, who quoted Mr.
Fani-Kayode as alleging that the APC was planning to rig the forthcoming
elections.
In response, Mr. Amaechi said,
“Fani-Kayode does not have credibility. If the right person speaks, then we
will respond. Fani-Kayode lacks the credibility. Let’s move to another issues.”
Mr. Fani-Kayode later came on the
programme, following Mr. Amaechi’s departure.
He responded angrily to Mr.
Amaechi’s comments, saying the governor was not on the same intellectual and
social level with him.
“Perhaps, it is only in Nigeria
that a man with his background, in spite of the things he did when he was
young; in spite of the things he did when he was in the university, could
become a governor. By the way he became governor without even winning an
election,” Mr. Fani-Kayode said.
“That’s a man who talks about
credibility. That’s a man who claimed pastors in this country were given 6
billion by the government to vote for the PDP. This is a man that went as far
as to say if the APC lost the presidential election he would form a parallel
government. This is a man that told the whole world that as far as he was
concerned he was prepared to do anything to become the vice presidential
candidate of the APC.”
He said Mr. Amaechi, because of
his vice-presidential ambition, betrayed the PDP, the people of Rivers State
and his predecessor, Peter Odili.
He said Mr. Amaechi and other APC
leaders found him credible when he was opposing the government as member of the
opposition party, which he called “darkness”.
Mr. Fani-Kayode said the
presidential candidate of the APC, Muhammadu Buhari, when vying for the ticket
of the party, promised him [Fani-Kayode] a key position in his campaign team
should he win the ticket.
However, he said he turned down
the offer, claiming he told Mr. Buhari “I can never support you General
Buhari”.
Source: Premium Times
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