The plots that toll doctor Goodluck Jonathan the 2015 presidential election were mainly planned, hatched together with perfected inward Sokoto, the topographic point of the Caliphate.
This revelation was made past times Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, when he paid a courtesy see on Governor Aminu Tambuwal, at the Government House.
He said Nigeria would possess got been worse off economically if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had won the presidential election.
The quondam governor of Rivers who was inward Sokoto to introduce a keynote address at the 15th National Council on Transportation said: “I possess got been to Sokoto severally, particularly inward 2015 during our fighting to alter Nigeria. Sokoto played a really critical usage inward that struggle. The together with thus governor, Aliyu Wamakko together with and thus Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, worked together together with closely amongst us to ensure nosotros achieved our objective.
“The ii of them moved amongst us to the APC; they were as business office of the novel Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). I recall my conversations amongst Tambuwal when nosotros moved to APC. I had told him that nosotros had moved together with he asked whether I was the alone one. I told him that I moved amongst the governors, precisely he inquired if his governor, Wamakko, as moved amongst us. I told him nosotros volition number a disceptation concerning his governor. As God volition possess got it, the governor himself issued a disceptation declaring that he was solidly inward back upwards of the displace to the APC.
“This coming together today reminds me of all that fighting together with our meetings inward Sokoto, particularly amongst Wamakko together with Tambuwal to strategise for the 2015 presidential election. I must give cheers him together with other Nigerians for that back upwards because the desired alter would non possess got come upwards if they did non come upwards together to back upwards together with function for the APC to ensure the emergence of President Buhari.
“The truth of the affair is that as Nigerians, nosotros knew it would possess got been hard for Nigeria if PDP had won that presidential election. All of us were scared of what would hand to Nigeria together with that was why nosotros decided that the alone means to halt what volition hand is to ensure that PDP did non win together with to God’s glory together with our prayers, APC won.
“When I said things would possess got been difficult, I was talking well-nigh the economy. As at that time, if you lot remember, fuel queues had returned, poverty was coming back, the coin stolen was also much that at that topographic point was no coin inward the hands of Nigerians, together with at that topographic point was demand together with want for a change, together with effective alter that volition condom resources for Nigerians.”
He commended the dry reason regime for hosting the 15th National Council on Transportation, saying, the conference volition render avenue to participants to brainstorm on issues together with proposition solutions.
He also commended the Sokoto regime for completing Sultan Abubakar International Airport together with assured that the ministry building would complement Tambuwal’s efforts to lift economical activities inward the dry reason noting that transportation served as bedrock of facilitation economy.
“We are inward Sokoto to verbalise over carry policy, the modality inward transportation together with how to accept transportation to the side past times side level. I know that what volition involvement you lot is what volition hand to your dry reason inward price of railway. The railway trouble connecting Kebbi, Zamfara together with Sokoto is inward the pipeline.
“Once nosotros conclude the technical aspect, nosotros volition accept it to the president for approval. Once nosotros conclude industrial plant on these states, the 36 states mandate, which the president gave us, would possess got been concluded. I was pleased to catch that the airdrome has been completed.
“There are alone 3 of us that were Speakers that governed a state. It is you lot (Tambuwal), the governor of Plateau State together with myself. We must ensure that nosotros did non disappoint the people. The argue is that the sense nosotros gathered inward the legislature is plenty to principle a state. I am certain that you lot are going the means they hold back you lot to become together with I wishing you lot the really best,” he said.
Tambuwal, who expressed his government’s commitment to cooperate amongst Federal Government to ensure success of projects together with programmes geared toward uplifting people lives to better, urged carry ministry building to install to a greater extent than scanners at the Sultan Abubakar International Airport Sokoto to ensure growth security together with screenings.
The Sun