A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State,
Princewill Dike, has defended the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike
Rotimi Amaechi, over viral audio tapes of him criticising President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Reno Omokri, an ex-presidential aide on new
media, on Sunday, released a full audio recording of Amaechi referring
to President Muhammadu Buhari as an ignoramus who neither takes advice
nor reads to acquire information.
The viral audio has since
stirred controversies from opposition parties as they called on Amaechi
to step down as Director-General of Buhari’s campaign.
Commenting
on the audio, Dike, in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday
in Port harcourt, described the audio tapes making the rounds as
doctored.
He said that since the ouster of the Jonathan
administration in 2015, beneficiaries of that administration have not
forgiven Amaechi, who is seen as the arrowhead of their defeat.
Dike added that Amaechi is loyal, has integrity and therefore has no reason to run down President Muhammadu Buhari.
He
said: “Amaechi is one of the few ministers who have unrestrained access
to the president and his ears. You can see that he has no reason to run
down his beloved boss behind the scene.
“Amaechi is a man of
iron cast integrity and thus double standard is not in his gene, a man
of rare courage, what he can’t say before you, he won’t say it behind
you.
“The enemies have failed woefully with their doctored voice
of Amaechi. If you believe that cloned voice, you will as well believe
their propaganda that Jubril is a cloned Buhari.”
Meanwhile,
another audio clip of Amaechi, Director-General of President Muhammadu
Buhari’s campaign organisation, has leaked with the embattled Minister
of Transportation heard describing Lagos as a ‘glorified village’.
The
audio tape was released by Phrank Shaibu, an aide of Atiku Abubakar,
presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According
to the trending audio clip, Amaechi said there was very little
infrastructure in Lagos, especially water and roads, while lamenting the
spate of traffic jams in the state.
Listen to tape HERE
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