Rotimi Amaechi, former minister
of transportation, has raised the alarm over a “heavily funded” campaign to
smear him.
In a statement on Thursday,
Amaechi said the aim of the campaign is to tarnish his “towering status” and do
damage to his character and reputation.
The former minister said there is
also an attempt to drag his name and that of an immediate family member into
the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
“We have uncovered a well-oiled
plot to orchestrate a heavily funded smear campaign of calumny and lies against
Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the immediate past minister of
transportation, immediate past governor of Rivers state and two-time
director-general of the President Muhammadu Buhari Presidential Campaign,” read
a statement issued by his media office.
“As we write this, we are aware
that attempts are being made to peddle all sorts of fictitious, misleading and
outrightly concocted stories, distorted and manipulated documents that would
smudge the image and cast aspersions on the character, integrity and high
morals of Amaechi, an astute and accomplished public servant.
“In respect to the NDDC, the
defamation campaigners intend to create, make and push to the public space all
sorts of speculative and baseless allegations against Amaechi; from the
ridiculous, to the puerile and completely bizarre stories backed with
distorted, phony and fake documents.
“For clarity, we state
emphatically, that Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is not involved in anyway, in the
management and operations of the NDDC.”
The former minister asked the
public to take note of “the plan against me”.
“We want to notify and appeal to
both traditional media and online (social) media practitioners to be wary of
the insidious shenanigans of these purveyors and hawkers of fake news that is
solely intended to deceive the public and destroy the sterling record of many
years of meritorious public service by Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi,” he said.
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