The runner up in the All Progressives Congress(APC) Presidential primaries, Rotimi Amaechi has said that clerics that graced the unveiling of Senator Kassim Shettima as APC Presidential runningmate, are not fake.
He also remarked that ordinary Nigerians who rely on momentary rewards in the political process are the real threats to democracy and development.
The former Rivers State governor who spoke at an event to mark the 60th birthday of Eugene Ogu, general overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital,said the “ordinary” citizen is the problem of the country.
Ameachi ,also the immediate past minister of transportation said ,“I don’t believe that is the solution to Nigeria’s problem — giving money. I hope you know. I give you N10 million now and when it finishes, what happens? The solution to Nigeria’s problem is that all of you must rise,” he said.
“God should save the ordinary Nigerian, because they are the problem. Those who voted at the APC primary, who are they? The ordinary Nigerian. The small money they got solved their immediate problems.
“Now ‘oh we made a mistake’; ‘we didn’t make a mistake’. We are hearing different things. Pray for the leadership of the country, but also pray that ordinary Nigerians choose the right person to govern.”
He also spoke on the recent concerns raised over the identity of the clerics that attended the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the APC vice-presidential candidate.
Speaking on the controversy which trailed the clerics that graced the unveiling of Senator Kassim Shettima as APC Presidential runningmate, Aneachi said “the persons in questions are Christians.
“Those bishops you saw [Kashim Shettima’s unveiling ceremony], they may not be bishops, but they are Christians,”