President Buhari Might Remove Amaechi as Minister If..........

A lawmaker elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, has given condition for which former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi might be removed from his ministerial post.

 

Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi

 

Senator Shehu Sani, respresenting Kaduna and elected on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has listed the condition on which President Muhammadu Buhari may remove Rotimi Amaechi, ex-governor of Rivers state, as a minister.

 

Accordng to Sani, Amaechi will stop to be a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria if he is found guilty by any capable court of corruption.

 

The lawmaker said: "The APC position on corrupt allegation is that it is still an allegation and the issue is still in court which the senate committee should not have entertained in the first place. In the general sense, we are duty bound to protect the interest of someone in our party and the opposition has the right to object to who ever is presented.

 

In the broader sense, Nigerians and posterity will judge whether our approval of Amaechi was a tacit endorsement of corruption because the issues raised were not enough to stop his confirmation.

 

But we must also understand that even if you are made a minister and you get convicted, the law will take its course. Certainly if he is found guilty, he would not continue to serve as minister under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration."