The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has refuted reports that former Minister of Transportation Chibuike Amaechi made remarks questioning the qualification of President‑elect Bola Tinubu. The party also denied any claim that Amaechi linked Tinubu to drug trafficking, either within Nigeria or abroad.
The statement, issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday and sent to journalists, was signed by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju. Nwauju described the report as a “hatchet job” and the “handiwork of fifth‑columnists.” He wrote: “We have uncovered a hatchet job carried out by a faceless online medium crediting our leader, the former Transport Minister Chibuike Amaechi, with comments questioning the role of the APC and INEC over the screening/qualification of the President‑elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
“We want to make it abundantly clear that at no time did our leader make such demonic comments, whether in private or public, to query the qualifications of the President‑elect or link him to drug trafficking within or outside Nigeria,” the statement continued. “Such claptraps are handiworks of fifth‑columnists who do not wish our leader well, and for the avoidance of doubts, our leader has no personal issue against the President‑elect.”
Nwauju added that Amaechi had spoken about Tinubu and INEC in full view of the media when journalists covering elections in Rivers State intercepted him after he voted in the governorship election. “His words were clean and clear. Any person who wants to accuse the President‑elect is free to do so but should not hide under the former minister to do so,” the statement concluded.
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