Former Minister of Transportation and 2027 presidential hopeful, Rotimi Amaechi, has challenged President Bola Tinubu’s claims regarding the 2015 election, stating that he, rather than Tinubu, was the driving force behind late Muhammadu Buhari's ascension to the presidency.
Speaking on Arise TV on Friday, May 22, Amaechi directly refuted President Tinubu’s famous pre-2023 election assertion that he single-handedly made the late Buhari president. Tinubu had used that claim to justify his own candidacy, coining the popular phrase "Emi lo kan" (It is my turn).
Amaechi explained that he remained silent at the time to protect his position within Buhari's cabinet. However, the former Rivers State governor insisted that Tinubu's version of history is inaccurate, noting that as the Director-General of the Buhari campaign in 2014, he spearheaded the political battle that brought the former president to power.
“When I was a minister, Tinubu was claiming he made Buhari president, and I couldn’t respond because that was suicidal. Buhari could have fired me because I was still serving as a minister. Tinubu didn’t make Buhari president. Not only that I was the DG of the campaign, everyone knows that I did all the battle, not Tinubu,” he said.
