Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the party as deeply corrupt and blaming President Bola Tinubu’s administration for what he called Nigeria’s ongoing collapse.
Amaechi made the remarks on Wednesday in Abuja during the unveiling of the interim leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). He said the country is in ruins and struggling under severe economic hardship.
“Nigeria is completely destroyed. People can’t eat. People can’t buy food. There’s no money to buy food. Everything is gone. Inflation is at its peak,” he said.
He revealed that he officially left the APC on Tuesday night and expressed surprise that the party had not expelled him earlier. “You can’t be in a club where the majority of people are stealing and you don’t say anything,” he said.
Amaechi further alleged that both the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are working together to manipulate the upcoming elections. He argued that the country’s problems have gone beyond partisan politics.
“It’s about changing Nigeria. What must happen here is that we must start not just a party, but a movement… for the people to on their own take over government, not us,” he said.
Speaking on President Tinubu’s leadership, Amaechi said, “I have never believed that Tinubu is a material to govern the country… People want Buhari to come back.”
He acknowledged that while Buhari’s tenure had its shortcomings, the economic situation has deteriorated even further under Tinubu.
“Dollar was I think ₦460 or five hundred and something, now a dollar is ₦1,580. That is more than 100 per cent,” he said.
When asked whether the sharp naira depreciation was intentional, he replied, “Whether it’s a deliberate government policy or not, any government that does not take into consideration the people you are governing is not a policy. President Tinubu said he is not here to make Nigerians happy.”
Commenting on his political ambition, Amaechi said, “I have the right to be ambitious, I am not overambitious.”
