By Kolawole Ojebisi
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has berated those who attacked former governor of Rivers, Rotimi Amaechi, over a recent interview he granted where he called on Nigerians to storm the streets to protest the hardship in the country.
Eze noted that those condemning Amaechi’s statement in the current administration are mere sycophants afraid of speaking truth to power.
The APC chieftain stressed that there’s nothing “unpatriotic” or “irresponsible” as Amaechi’s critics described his stance.
Eze said the invectives hurled at Amaechi by African Action Congress (AAC) Mr. Omoyele Sowore; Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle; Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga; Senator Shehu Sani and the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Felix Morka, reeks of insincerity .
He added that anybody living in Nigeria knows that the policies of President Tinubu have brought untold hardship to the citizens and it’s hypocritical to pretend as if there’s nothing wrong with the country.
Taking the critics of the former transport minister one after the other, Eze picked holes in the criticisms launched at Amaechi.
Reacting to Sowore, Eze questioned the rationale behind the #RevolutionNow movement which he spearheaded.
He stressed that the current situation under Tinubu demands nothing but condemnation and it’s pure cowardice to turn a blind eye to the pervasive suffering in the land.
Eze said, “What signs are there that the administration is interested in listening to the cries and tackling the frustration of Nigerians? Was it not few days ago that the President Bola Tinubu led APC government increased fuel pump price to over N1000 while doing nothing to combat the attendant poverty, insecurity and deaths.
“It is unpatriotic and grossly wicked that in the face of the hydra headed challenges overwhelming Nigeria, APC, Sowore and the Tinubu government expect the likes of Amaechi to be stocked like pieces of furniture and watch the country slide into the abyss.
“As a matter of fact, Nigeria will collapse and remain irredeemably so, should patriotic Nigerians like Amaechi, keep mum over the spate of economic crisis that has encircled the Nigerian state as a result of the reckless indulgences of the clueless Tinubu regime.
“The barrage of baseless media invectives hurled at Amaechi by the Tinubu regime alongside APC, over his honest concerns on the state of the nation is condemnable and exposes the plot by the government to perpetuate poverty and deploy same as a veritable tool for 2027 and this stack reality calls for serious concern.
“One would have loved to hear the presidency tell Nigerians the policy thrust of the administration in driving the country out the current hardship, rather than the frivolous reactions that were put up as a defense to the woeful results the regime has continued to churn out since its inception.”
Not done yet, Eze referred to the troika of Sowore, Matawalle, and Onanuga as “flock of angry birds” preening around seat of power to curry favour.
Responding to the APC , he said this was desperate time does not call for politics and dissembling but truth considering what Nigerians are going through.
He noted that if a former Minsiter like Amaechi can feel the heat of the obnoxious policies of the Tinubu administration’s administration and the concomitant increase in the costs of living how much more the under-privileged and masses scattered across the country.
He said, “Unfortunately, this flock of angry birds – Mattawalle, Sowore, Sani, Morka and the rest of them are busy hurling invectives on Amaechi for raising alarm on a crucial matter to help Tinubu and his uninformed Economic Team to seat up and think out possible escape route for the country.
“If a man as highly placed and powerful as Amaechi could be feeling the effects of the economic downturn, then it is clear that the country is deep in the woods.
“For the masses, the question remains: What hope is left for us? The future may seem grim, but it is not without hope if the right steps are taken,” he said.
Amaechi had in a media interview with ABN TV, lamented what he called the hardship in Nigeria.
He expressed shock that Nigerians remain docile and laid-back in the face of hunger and crippling economy, when they should have trooped to the streets to protest the hardship in the land.
The former Minister said he could no longer afford diesel despite his status and he also wondered how the masses were surviving in the country.
Amaechi’s comment had attracted criticisms from several quarters particularly from the loyalists of President Tinubu.
