APC Convention: Group seeks support for Amaechi

A group, Amaechi Vanguard in USA/ Canada has urged the All Progressives Congress to choose the minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, as the party’s consensus presidential candidate.

The group also said that Amaechi’s presidency would unite and bring peace in all parts of the country, adding that ” Nigeria at this time needs a president who will be accepted in all the regions.

In a release availed to The Guardian, the group’s coordinator, Daniels Chukwuma, said that Amaechi had made enough sacrifices for the party to be considered qualified to emerge as a consensus presidential candidate for APC for the 2023 elections.

According to the group, Amaechi’s courage in canvassing for Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential ambition in 2015 in South-South and South-East zones was one of the major reasons APC is today the ruling party in the country.

Chukwuma said ” Chief Chibuike Amaechi had made enough sacrifices for the APC. he has taken enough bullets for the APC. Amaechi was at the forefront of canvassing for Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential ambition in the south South and South-East zones in 2015 of a time it was like a sin to do so in the two regions.

“He canvassed for Buhari in Rivers, Bayelsa, Edo, Akwa Ibom and others states in the South-South and states. Remember these are Goodluck Jonathan’s home states and areas he was hugely supported. His region but Amaechi took the bull by the horn and went through the humiliation process to ensure that APC won the 2015 presidential election.

“Also remember that he was the one who in 2014 led five aggrieved PDP governors to the APC. That move fortified APC and positioned it for the victory in 2015. Also, he led Buhari’s campaigns two times across the lengths and breaths of this country in 2015 and 2019 as the Director-General of the campaign organization and APC emerged victoriously. So it is a payback time. All the stakeholders of the party should elect him the consensus presidential candidate.”

“We, Amaechi Vanguard USA/ Canada under the leadership of Haruna Bature, the global chairman. Believe that Nigeria now needs a nationalist in the capacity of Amaechi as the president. We need to prioritize our needs and should be able to say no to irredentists who want to hijack this country again.”

Chukwuma added ” Amaechi is a unifier. That is the kind of president Nigeria needs now. We need a president who will see all parts of the country as his constituency and treat all the zones equally in terms of appointments, infrastructure, basic amenities and so on.

“He has been in the Federal Executive Council since 2015 and this is after he was governor and speaker in Rivers State for many years. He understands the political complexities of the country. The Northerns and Southerners trust him.”