The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for his recent comment that Nigerians should mobilise because President Bola Tinubu could be defeated in 2027.
In a statement on Wednesday, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, described Amaechi’s comment as “political hallucination” and “a well-deserved contempt.”
Oladejo said Amaechi lacked the political standing to challenge President Tinubu, arguing that a politician “rejected at home cannot lead a national revolt.”
He said, “Amaechi is free to dream, but he must stop mistaking his nightmares for national reality. Let us start with the obvious — Amaechi is a political orphan: disowned in Rivers, irrelevant nationally, and sinking into total political oblivion.”
The Lagos APC spokesman mocked Amaechi’s claim of national mobilisation, noting that the former minister had lost his political structure, followers, and credibility.
“In Rivers State today, mentioning Amaechi’s name in political discussions is considered a provocative joke,” Oladejo said. “A man who has lost his structure, followers, and voice now wants to lecture Nigerians on mobilisation. Mobilise who? The few loyalists left in his WhatsApp group? Politicians who abandoned him after he lost the APC presidential primaries? Or the same Rivers electorate that no longer take him seriously?”
Oladejo concluded that Amaechi could not lead any national movement “when his own backyard has padlocked the gate against him.”