We plotted Jonathan’s fall in Sokoto –Amaechi sunnewsonline.com
• Minister reveals role Tambuwal, Wamakko played
The
plots that cost Dr. Goodluck Jonathan the 2015 presidential election
were mainly planned, hatched and perfected in Sokoto, the seat of the
Caliphate.
This revelation was made by Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, when he paid a courtesy visit on
Governor Aminu Tambuwal, at the Government House.
He said Nigeria would have been worse off economically if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had won the presidential election.
The
former governor of Rivers who was in Sokoto to present a keynote
address at the 15th National Council on Transportation said: “I have
been to Sokoto severally, especially in 2015 during our struggle to
change Nigeria. Sokoto played a very critical role in that struggle. The
then governor, Aliyu Wamakko and then Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, worked together and closely with us to
ensure we achieved our objective.
“The two of them moved with us
to the APC; they were equally part of the new Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP). I recall my conversations with Tambuwal when we moved to APC. I
had told him that we had moved and he asked whether I was the only one. I
told him that I moved with the governors, but he inquired if his
governor, Wamakko, equally moved with us. I told him we will issue a
statement concerning his governor. As God will have it, the governor
himself issued a statement declaring that he was solidly in support of
the movement to the APC.
“This meeting today reminds me of all
that struggle and our meetings in Sokoto, especially with Wamakko and
Tambuwal to strategise for the 2015 presidential election. I must thank
him and other Nigerians for that support because the desired change
would not have come if they did not come together to support and work
for the APC to ensure the emergence of President Buhari.
“The
truth of the matter is that as Nigerians, we knew it would have been
difficult for Nigeria if PDP had won that presidential election. All of
us were scared of what would happen to Nigeria and that was why we
decided that the only way to stop what will happen is to ensure that PDP
did not win and to God’s glory and our prayers, APC won.
“When I
said things would have been difficult, I was talking about the economy.
As at that time, if you remember, fuel queues had returned, poverty was
coming back, the money stolen was too much that there was no money in
the hands of Nigerians, and there was need and desire for a change, and
effective change that will safe resources for Nigerians.”
He
commended the state government for hosting the 15th National Council on
Transportation, saying, the conference will provide avenue to
participants to brainstorm on issues and proffer solutions.
He
also commended the Sokoto government for completing Sultan Abubakar
International Airport and assured that the ministry would complement
Tambuwal’s efforts to enhance economic activities in the state noting
that transportation served as bedrock of facilitation economy.
“We
are in Sokoto to discuss transport policy, the modality in
transportation and how to take transportation to the next level. I know
that what will interest you is what will happen to your state in terms
of railway. The railway line connecting Kebbi, Zamfara and Sokoto is in
the pipeline.
“Once we conclude the technical aspect, we will
take it to the president for approval. Once we conclude works on these
states, the 36 states mandate, which the president gave us, would have
been concluded. I was pleased to see that the airport has been
completed.
“There are only three of us that were Speakers that
governed a state. It is you (Tambuwal), the governor of Plateau State
and myself. We must ensure that we did not disappoint the people. The
reason is that the experience we gathered in the legislature is enough
to govern a state. I am sure that you are going the way they expect you
to go and I wish you the very best,” he said.
Tambuwal, who
expressed his government’s commitment to cooperate with Federal
Government to ensure success of projects and programmes geared toward
uplifting people lives to better, urged transport ministry to install
more scanners at the Sultan Abubakar International Airport Sokoto to
ensure increase safety and screenings.
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