Amaechi won’t play any role in unseating Tinubu in 2027, says APC chieftain

Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) and a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed claims that former Minister Chibuike Amaechi will influence the ousting of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.

Responding to remarks by Tony Okocha, former Chairman of the Rivers APC Committee, who suggested that Amaechi might use the party to challenge Tinubu, Eze cautioned Okocha against using Amaechi’s name for personal gain.

Eze asserted that Nigeria’s current challenges, including unemployment, insecurity, and inflation, pose a greater threat to Tinubu’s re-election than any political maneuvering by Amaechi.

Eze also criticized Okocha for speculating about 2027, urging him to focus on more pressing issues and consult with key APC figures to clarify the party’s leadership in Rivers State and the South-South region.

He accused Okocha of organizing a costly, ineffective protest in support of Tinubu, allegedly to remain in favor with certain political benefactors.

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Eze reminded Okocha that “the cascade of administrative ineptitude, policy summersaults and multi-layer corruption that has fanned the embers of hyper-unemployment, insecurity, food price hike and more form a veritable mountain of weapons with which Nigerians are armed to fight and oust Tinubu from office in 2027.”

The APC Chief said “it is even foolish for a mere mortal like Okocha to be talking about 2027, three years away from today, when no one is sure of the next minute of his life; like the Bible said in James 4:14 ….”

Furthermore, Eze urged Okocha and his irks to consult Tinubu and those who formed APC to ascertain who truly is the Leader of APC in Rivers and South South, noting that at the formation of APC, Tinubu was made the National Leader of APC, while Amaechi emerged South South leader and despite the Buhari’s entrance as President, Tinubu clinked to his position as national leader.

He admonished Okocha and those allegedly sponsoring him to “be concerned about the fact that the country once known as Africa’s giant has collapsed in all facets under the nose of Tinubu, and channel energy towards fashioning out solutions, if they have any, to the gamut of problems they have created impeding Nigeria’s progress.”

Eze accused Okocha of mobilizing a paid-protest in support of Tinubu which gulped over fifty million Naira without any effect, after his ouster by the court in order to remain in the good book of his paymasters and continually curry their cheers.