‘Presidency not soup kitchen for destitutes like Amaechi’- APC slams ADC VP candidate
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has launched a scathing attack on former Rivers State Governor and African Democratic Congress, ADC, Vice Presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, describing him as a “loafer” who has failed to remain productive outside public office.
The APC, in a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, also mocked Amaechi over his recent comments about being unable to afford medications for his late mother, Dame Ezinne Mary Oduah Amaechi.
The party expressed condolences over the death of Amaechi’s mother, while jokingly praying that he would find employment capable of providing enough income to cater for himself and his family.
Amaechi, a former two-term Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, two-term governor and two-term Minister of Transportation, is currently the Vice Presidential candidate of the ADC for the 2027 general elections.
The statement reads in full: “We also pray for excellent health of mind and body for her son, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, a former two-term Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, two-term Governor, two-term Minister of Transportation, former presidential aspirant, and currently the vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), who could not afford medications for his mother’s treatment.
“It is our sincere wish that employers of labour in his hometown of Ubima in Ikwere Local Government Area of Rivers State may find him suitable for a job that pays wages sufficient for him to feed and buy medications for himself and his beloved family for the rest of his retirement. Amen.
“Rotimi Amaechi’s uncanny confessions must not be missed. First, he howled that he had become so broke and hungry that his wife was now feeding him. Now, he has stated that his inability to afford medications killed his mother at 89.
“For four decades, Rotimi Amaechi freeloaded at the highest levels of public office. He was never hungry and could afford medications for himself and his family. Just three years out of office, he has become destitute, unable to fend for himself and his loved ones.
“If Amaechi is not struggling with some kind of Peter Pan syndrome, then he must be a loafer, aimless and irresponsible for his inability to be productive and earn a living outside the patronage of public office.
“The same Rotimi Amaechi now asks Nigerians to make him vice president come 2027 so he can continue leeching on the public treasury and keep the predatory lifestyle he has grown accustomed to.
“The presidency is not a soup kitchen and will not be a soup kitchen for Rotimi Amaechi.
“No one can speak more to Rotimi Amaechi’s unfitness for the office of Vice President than Rotimi Amaechi himself.”
