Mixed reactions have trailed the release of a full audio recording of the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, allegedly referring to President Muhammadu Buhari as an ignoramus, who neither takes advice nor reads to acquire information.


Reno Omokri, an ex-presidential aide on New Media, made the full audio release available on Sunday in a post on his Twitter page, amid the controversies that trailed an earlier snippet he made public.

Recall that in the snippet, Amaechi was reportedly heard saying, “The President does not listen to anybody. Does he even read?”


But the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital, New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has claimed that the audio recording was from 2014 at the height of Amaechi’s fight with Omokri’s former principal, President Goodluck Jonathan.

In what appears as a counterattack against Ogunlesi’s defence, Omokri released the full clip, where Amaechi was put on record mentioning President Buhari’s name.

Amaechi has now been roundly accused of working for Buhari because of personal gains and urged to step down as Director-General of his campaign.


Here are some tweets as curated by DAILY POST:

@Demoore90210: #AmaechiTapes is a massive own goal by the APC team. If Amaechi, a serving Minister and DG of Buhari’s Presidential Campaign Organisation doesn’t rate Buhari, why do you? Amaechi knows Buhari is an empty barrel, but for personal monetary gains he remains loyal.

@rickieflamez: If after these tapes from Amaechi someone comes out to defend him and Buhari, that person is irredeemable and needs an urgent brain transplant.

@nicholasibekwe: In the light of the leaked audio, if it is authenticated, Amaechi should either resign as Buhari’s campaign DG or be excused from the role. There is nowhere in world anyone in his position caught making such a statement would be allowed to continue in the role.

@iamUncleMark: In a sane country Amaechi will tender his resignation. As I said “In a sane country”

@CaptViktor: Has Amaechi come out to deny these tapes yet? Or are we going to ignore all he said and continue shouting Sai Baba

@YarKafanchan: 1. Amaechi thinks Nigerians should all die before Nigeria can get better. (Perhaps why Buhari’s govt has been deliberate in wasting Nigerian lives since they got in)

2. Buhari asked “what is my business with goat seller in Onitsha”
HE DOES NOT REGARD THE COMMON MAN.

@Papadonkee: Part 3 of the #AmaechiTapes has the Rt. Hon. Minister admitting that people are dying, poverty is increasing, things have gotten worse since Buhari assumed office in 2015. The @MBuhari Campaign Council will be inaugurated tomorrow. Amaechi is the DG. If you were him would you

@_Samuelopara: I guess Amaechi can’t come out from this, How do you say this and still tell us Buhari is the right man to lead Nigeria. Politicians don’t Care about the Masses, He was laughing talking about suffering of the Masses.

http://dailypost.ng/2019/01/06/2019-amaechi-fire-leaked-audio-told-resign-buharis-campaign-dg/amp/

Cc:lalastilala

Arrant nonsense!

That audiotape only appeals to petty minds and not discerning ones.

The motive of PDP is to get Amaechi out of the way and it will be wrong for APC to fall into that trap.

I have listened to the tapes many times and it's obvious Amaechi was relaxed and jovial in all of them. He was driving home his points by "mimicking" how Nigerians complain about almost everything. Nothing in those tapes suggest his loss of confidence in the president. Only unintelligent folks who can't see beyond the surface read any serious meaning to the tapes.

Resign ko, retire ni.

4+4 is too sure for Baba. If una like, make una take sniper. Kokan aye.

Amaechi shot himself in the leg.
But why would anyone support and campaign for Buhari even when he knows it is not the right thing to do, these people are heartless.

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Valro:
Amaechi shot himself in the leg.
But why would anyone support and campaign for Buhari even when he knows it is not the right thing to do, these people are heartless.

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Many of you only rely on what you read on social media to spew trash. You do not have a mind of your own.

PMB will win very big to your frustration anyway.

A zombie is already up there selling his soul and conscience kobo kobo!

PassingShot:
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Many of you only rely on what you read on social media to spew trash. You do not have a mind of your own.

PMB will win very big to your frustration anyway.

Back to sender! Any evil power planning to take Nigeria to the next level of lifelessness...CATCH FIRE!
no be only win, ...come and carry the win nah.... Lubbish

THIS IS A FAKE PDP THREAD

AMAECHI'S AUDIO TAPE WAS DOCTORED, EDITED & PRESENTED TO SOIL HIS IMAGE & CREATE CHEAP PUBLICITY BY THE PEOPLES DECEIVING PARTY

AMAECHI REMAINS DG FOR #FeBUHARI

The plan of those that leaked the audio is to disorient the campaign headed by Amaechi. Making him resign is akin to playing into their hands.

Ameachi will still be tolerated till after the elections. They need him more now than he needs them.

PassingShot:
Arrant nonsense!

That audiotape only appeals to petty minds and not discerning ones.

The motive of PDP is to get Amaechi out of the way and it will be wrong for APC to fall into that trap.

I have listened to the tapes many times and it's obvious Amaechi was relaxed and jovial in all of them. He was driving home his points by "mimicking" how Nigerians complain about almost everything. Nothing in those tapes suggest his loss of confidence in the president. Only unintelligent folks who can't see beyond the surface read any serious meaning to the tapes.

Resign ko, retire ni.

4+4 is too sure for Baba. If una like, make una take sniper. Kokan aye.

The "goat seller" and "does he read" part is also mimicking?

Save the tales for your zombies..

If he does not know his economic policies affects the Onitsha goat seller, what then does he know?

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Esseite:


The "goat seller" and "does he read" part is also mimicking?

Save the tales for your zombies..

If he does not know his economic policies affects the Onitsha goat seller, what then does he know?

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PassingShot:
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He has gone dumb...

Esseite:


He has gone dumb...

He no they Nigeria, no reply am cause he no they suffer wetin we they suffer here

PassingShot:
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Many of you only rely on what you read on social media to spew trash. You do not have a mind of your own.

PMB will win very big to your frustration anyway.

Please what do you rely on to spew dustbin?

In case you don't know, this was a good and timely release from the opposition party.

During the administration of GEJ, he had already started campaigning and showing on TV what each ministry had done. But here we are having some senseless people supporting Buhari without anything they can point to as achievements.

Is Nigerians less corrupt than before?
Is our economy better than before?
Are Nigerians more united than before?
Are we as a Nation progressing in the fight against Boko Haram?
If you cannot YES to all these questions and you're still shouting 4 + 4 they you deserve to get "iforti" (a slap) as answer.

"The tragedy with Africa is that those with ideas are not in power, while those in power have no idea. When the people have the chance again, they still vote for people that have no idea".

Amaechi betrayed his brother and brethren.He have never been trusted in this govt.Hence someone must have set him up.Truth is that things will never be the same for Amaechi.It's just a matter of time.

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PassingShot:
Arrant nonsense! That audiotape only appeals to petty minds and not discerning ones.The motive of PDP is to get Amaechi out of the way and it will be wrong for APC to fall into that trap.
I have listened to the tapes many times and it's obvious Amaechi was relaxed and jovial in all of them. He was driving home his points by "mimicking" how Nigerians complain about almost everything.

Nothing in those tapes suggest his loss of confidence in the president. Only unintelligent folks who can't see beyond the surface read any serious meaning to the tapes.Resign ko, retire ni.4+4 is too sure for Baba. If una like, make una take sniper. Kokan aye.

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Less than a week after the All Progressives Congress (APC) held its national convention amid deep disaffection, a fresh crisis appears to be brewing in the party.
Some governors in conjunction with a former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as well as some top security officers are alleged to have commenced moves against the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, principally to replace him as Director-General of President Muhammadu Buhari's 2019 campaign.

This development is said to be connected to scheming ahead of the 2023 presidential run.THISDAY gathered from impeccable sources at the weekend that the plot to displace Amaechi as the campaign DG had been on long before the national convention but was kept under wraps till after the exercise, as some of the actors had waited to see how the convention would pan out.

One of the reasons Amaechi is being opposed, according to the sources, is that many APC leaders feel he has a presidential ambition in 2023 and that the platform could put him in a vantage position by fortifying his ambition with vital contacts and network.

Although some of the northern governors, who ordinarily are Amaechi's friends, are believed not to be averse to his ambition, if established to be true, they are said to nurse reservations about his closeness to el-Rufai.

The relationship is being interpreted to mean that the Kaduna governor might be Amaechi's favourite candidate as running mate in the event that he chooses to run in 2023.This is alleged to be why Tinubu is moving fast to oust Amaechi as the campaign DG.

The former Lagos State governor has never hidden his interest in the country's top job. He has taken steps to rally northern governors by dangling the running mate ticket before them, without showing preference for anyone The northern governors are believed to see their chances brighter with Tinubu than Amaechi....

THISDAY sources close to Tinubu said there was a short meeting between him and Amaechi at the weekend in Lagos, where Tinubu allegedly asked Amaechi to drop his position as Buhari's campaign DG. But when the former Rivers State governor disagreed,Tinubu was said to have asked him to resign his position as minister if he must retain his appointment as Buhari's campaign DG.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/07/01/2019-tinubu-govs-may-be-seeking-amaechis-removal-as-buharis-campaign-dg/%3famp

The game & scheming is an in-house power tussle thing but as usual they will blame others in their delusional believe.

PassingShot:
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Many of you only rely on what you read on social media to spew trash. You do not have a mind of your own.

PMB will win very big to your frustration anyway.

eeeeeeeeediot passinsh.it nonsense stupid blogger.ole oshe. talking trash what do u know

Valro:
Amaechi shot himself in the leg.
But why would anyone support and campaign for Buhari even when he knows it is not the right thing to do, these people are heartless.

no he didn't shot himself the God of Jonathan is working.

Shit have really hit the fan for Amaechi and the APC leadership.