National Coalition for Good Governance (NCGG) told the Minister for Transportation and presidential aspirant, Rotimi Amaechi, to renounce every pronouncement indicating the Chinese government is backing his presidential ambition.
There were allegations that China was rooting for the Minister to be crowned Nigeria’s next president to allow him to continue defending Chinese interest in Nigeria.
National President of NCGG, Prince Gbenga Oloyede, at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, said, “to the extent that Amaechi has not satisfactorily disclaimed these allegations, we at NCGG view this as proof that he has such a working arrangement with China and other countries that would soon be made known to Nigerians. This is nothing but an attempt at selling Nigeria into the second round of colonisation”.
Expressing concern, the group said considering “how politicians like Amaechi in other African countries have practically ceded the sovereignty of their nations to China under the guise of unpaid loans obtained for building infrastructure. China has stepped-in in such countries to confiscate shopping malls, seaports, and even international airports under the guise of these countries defaulting on their loans. The transportation sector under Amaechi’s supervision has exposed Nigeria to such toxic loans and the Chinese are now working for him to become president so that they can confiscate Nigeria as they did to those other countries”.
Oloyede added, “Interestingly, the transportation sector that Amaechi superintends has the highest injection of Chinese sourced loans, which is further confirmation that Chinese support for an Amaechi presidency is no longer in the realm of allegations but rather an ugly fact that is staring Nigerians in the face”.
He opined that “under Amaechi’s watch, the transportation sector has the highest level of abuse and harassment of Nigerians by the Chinese, who usually quip that they run the government, which is a clear warning of the slavery to come if Nigerians allow Amaechi to fully hand the country over to China after they manipulate the election in his favour. These abuses were reportedly regularly brought to his attention, but he woefully failed to do anything about them because he already answers to China.