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RACE TO 2023 PRESIDENCY: ROTIMI CHIBUIKE AMAECHI

When President Muhammadu Buhari was asked in a Channels TV interview who his preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election was, his response caught the interest of most Nigerians. “I won’t tell you my favourite for 2023, he may be eliminated if I mention. I better keep it secret,” the president responded with a smile.

With the pomp and pageantry that surrounded the turbaning of the transportation minister, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi last week, in the home town of Mr. President, many wonder if the lid has finally been blown off Buhari’s preferred candidate for the forthcoming election.

Now that we have Amaechi in the conversation, supposedly as an anointed candidate of the president, let us treat you to “10 Must Knows” that we have compiled about the “Dan-Amanar of Daura.”

1. Rotimi Amaechi was born on 27th May, 1965 (Age-56) and hails from Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.

2. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) in English Studies and Literature from the University of Port Harcourt in 1987.

3. He had a relatively short stint in the private sector, between 1988 and 1992, working for Pamo Clinics and Hospitals Ltd., owned by Peter Odili; also as director of West Africa Glass Industry and Risonpalm Nigeria Ltd.

4. In 1992, he was appointed as a special assistant to the Rivers State deputy governor. After enjoying eight years as elected Speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly (1999 – 2007), Amaechi ran for governor under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and emerged victorious, succeeding his former boss. He was executive governor of Rivers State from 2007 to 2015.

5. In 2013, he led a powerful bloc of sitting PDP governors who expressed dissatisfaction at the party’s handling of affairs and created a G-7 faction, which eventually defected to merge with opposing forces to form the All Progressives Congress (APC), becoming the director general for the campaign of their presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.

6. Rotimi Amaechi has been serving as Minister of Transportation under Buhari from 2015. He has taken on several notable projects like the revamp of the railway sector and the Lekki Deep Seaport project, to be completed in 2023 and to create an estimated 170,000 new jobs.

7. One of the blights on Amaechi’s tenure as governor was the failed Rivers monorail project, which gulped over N33 billion. He also admitted to being defrauded of $39.2 million which the state paid for Karibi White Hospital that never saw the light of day.

8. Stemming from his clash with the PDP as governor, Ameachi has been at loggerheads with his successor, Gov. Wike of Rivers State, who accused him of diverting state funds to finance Buhari’s election and misappropriating the sum of $306 million proceeds from the sale of state-owned oil and gas assets; an accusation he has persistently denied.

9. He is one of the country’s richest politicians with an alleged net worth of $780 million.

10. He is a Catholic Knight, of the order of St. John, and is happily married with 3 sons.

QUOTE:
“With love and unity, I see greatness ahead; a great, prosperous Nigeria. Let us join hands to build this Nigeria.”
- Rotimi Amaechi

Tilumbu miscreants would soon show to cry

Since Amaechi was turbaned they have down tools

Overheating the polity. By the way, these people doesn't worth it. Because they don't have you in their plans

Una done start…

Next one na ten things you must know about Amaechi’s wife, the likely incoming First Lady.

Awon blogger blogger

This guy would not even be in the top 5 after primary election, election is barely 12 months and some fools still think Amaechi stands a chance.

The Apc would have broken into pieces by now if Amaechi were to be the chosen, Apc still standing at the crucial stage means everything are in place, I mean the plans, agreement and all.

We all saw the really huge loyalist Asiwaju Tinubu commands in the Apc settings, the incredible visitations he got when he was away in London says at all.

By now anyone with a functioning brain would know that Asiwaju and his loyalist would've break Apc and form a new party or alliance with pdp if things happen to be against him in the Apc settings.

The likes of Fayemi, Fashola, Aregbesola are even more relevant in the scheme of things in Apc today.

If PMB says he wants to keep it secret then believe its secret.
All those people u feel is his choice will not be his choice

FIFApresident1:
This guy would not even be in the top 5 after primary election, election is barely 12 months and some fools still think Amaechi stands a chance.

The Apc would have broken into pieces by now if Amaechi were to be the chosen, Apc still standing at the crucial stage means everything are in place, I mean the plans, agreement and all.

We all saw the really huge loyalist Asiwaju Tinubu commands in the Apc settings, the incredible visitations he got when he was away in London says at all.

By now anyone with a functioning brain would know that Asiwaju and his loyalist would've break Apc and form a new party or alliance with pdp if things happen to be against him in the Apc settings.

The likes of Fayemi, Fashola, Aregbesola are even more relevant in the scheme of things in Apc today.

The likes of Fayemi, Fashola, Aregbesola are even more relevant in the scheme of things in Apc today.

The above statement means you don't even know anything about APC

Where was your tinubu when atiku nearly won the primaries if not for ameachi dollars

Oh you think north don't know tinubu bought form for tambuwal ? If not that Buhari begged him to step down and go for governorship ?

Oh u think north don't know how tinubu got Intel's share to back atiku after ?

Una really think everyone fall for your propaganda

Ameachi ,onu and nwajuba one of the is APC candidate you can bank on that

mrvitalis:
The likes of Fayemi, Fashola, Aregbesola are even more relevant in the scheme of things in Apc today.

The above statement means you don't even know anything about APC

Where was your tinubu when atiku nearly won the primaries if not for ameachi dollars

Oh you think north don't know tinubu bought form for tambuwal ? If not that Buhari begged him to step down and go for governorship ?

Oh u think north don't know how tinubu got Intel's share to back atiku after ?

Una really think everyone fall for your propaganda

Ameachi ,onu and nwajuba one of the is APC candidate you can bank on that

Shut up and stop being silly, This is Nairaland and not ipob palm wine drinking joint discussion.

All the bullocks you wrote up there are fallacies.

The journey to President Muhammadu Buhari 2015 victory was well documented in Pa Bisi Akande's book which was released late last year, thankfully Buhari was in attendance at the launching in Eko hotel and suites.

Atiku never gave Buhari competition during the primary election talk more of Amaechi Helping Buhari with dollars, where is he gonna get the money sef?

Buhari won the primary election by a landslide, amassing over 3000 votes and your Atiku came at distance third with 900.

Tinubu was the brain behind Apc, at the moment Tinubu appears more influential than Buhari in Apc (I may be wrong).

All these Amaechi, ono or whatever are just mere members.

It's even more laughable that an ibo man is being tipped to get Apc ticket, when it's all clear that pdp won't even give them vp slot.

Imagine expecting to inherit your enemy's house when it's impossible to inherit your own father's house
Hahah

mrvitalis:
The likes of Fayemi, Fashola, Aregbesola are even more relevant in the scheme of things in Apc today.

The above statement means you don't even know anything about APC

Where was your tinubu when atiku nearly won the primaries if not for ameachi dollars

Oh you think north don't know tinubu bought form for tambuwal ? If not that Buhari begged him to step down and go for governorship ?

Oh u think north don't know how tinubu got Intel's share to back atiku after ?

Una really think everyone fall for your propaganda

Ameachi ,onu and nwajuba one of the is APC candidate you can bank on that

Who is nwajuba sef, just hearing this name for the first time, the fact that you're tipping an unknown name for the Apc ticket says alot about your brain capacity.

You're just an ogogoro addict, stick to anything but politics.

mrvitalis:
The likes of Fayemi, Fashola, Aregbesola are even more relevant in the scheme of things in Apc today.

The above statement means you don't even know anything about APC

Where was your tinubu when atiku nearly won the primaries if not for ameachi dollars

Oh you think north don't know tinubu bought form for tambuwal ? If not that Buhari begged him to step down and go for governorship ?

Oh u think north don't know how tinubu got Intel's share to back atiku after ?

Una really think everyone fall for your propaganda

Ameachi ,onu and nwajuba one of the is APC candidate you can bank on that

At the moment, the most influential Apc member of ibo heritage is Orji uzor Kalu, a man who couldn't get the deputy senate president during the last senate election.

FIFApresident1:
Shut up and stop being silly, This is Nairaland and not ipob palm wine drinking joint discussion.

All the bullocks you wrote up there are fallacies.

This is brutality, you put that ignorance mischievous IPOB in his place

FIFApresident1:
At the moment, the most influential Apc member of ibo heritage is Orji uzor Kalu, a man who couldn't get the deputy senate president during the last senate election.

Lol orgi kalu most influential Igbo in APC lmfao