“Stop mistaking your nightmares for national reality,” APC slams Amaechi

By Ayox Ojo

The All Progressives Congress, APC has described for Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi as a political orphan who has been disowned in his home state, Rivers, and who is steadily sinking into total oblivion

The Lagos chapter of APC said this in a statement on Wednesday while reacting to claim by Amaechi that President Bola Tinubu can be defeated in the 2027 presidential election with effective mobilisation of Nigerians by opposition parties.

Amaechi who said this while speaking at the 2025 National Electoral Reforms Summit in Abuja also dismissed claims that election results are predetermined and that the President is invincible.

“He is not invincible. I’ve worked with him and I know him. When you say the results are already written, they are happy to spread that narrative so people won’t come out,” Amaechi said.

“If you come out en masse, nobody will write any results. Nobody will take away the result sheets. Anyone who tries it will only be creating problems for himself,” he added.

But reacting to Amaechi, Lagos APC, in a statement on Wednesday signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Seye Oladejo, said Amaechi’s comments reflected “political hallucination.”

The party said the former Rivers State governor lacks the moral and political capacity to lead any national mobilisation, having lost political relevance both in his home state and across the country.

“Mobilise who? The few loyalists left in his WhatsApp group? Politicians who abandoned him the moment he lost the presidential primaries? The same Rivers electorate that no longer take him seriously?” Oladejo queried.

“Amaechi is free to dream, but he must stop mistaking his nightmares for national reality. A man declared political non-Grata wants to lead a national mobilisation?” the statement read.

The party said Amaechi’s outburst was a reflection of personal bitterness rather than a genuine political position, noting that the former minister’s problem is not Tinubu but his own loss of political relevance.

APC added that the Tinubu’s administration is focused on delivering tangible results in education, infrastructure, agriculture, and economic growth, citing initiatives such as NELFUND, CREDITCORP, and foreign direct investment inflows from global partners.

“While Amaechi is busy trying to resurrect his collapsed career, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing the actual work of rebuilding a nation,” Oladejo asserted.

“2027 will not reward bitterness, betrayal or political tourism. It will reward leadership, courage and results. And Tinubu has all three in abundance.”

He added that Amaechi’s comments were not a rallying cry but a cry for help, stressing that Tinubu cannot be defeated, and Amaechi cannot be resurrected.

“Amaechi should first mobilise himself out of political obscurity. Nigerians are not fooled. You don’t defeat a performing President with a disgruntled politician who has lost his home, his base, and his relevance,” Oladejo said.