{"id":1169,"date":"2018-12-29T15:31:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T15:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:16:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:16:35","slug":"rotimi-amaechi-warns-nigerians-against-voting-for-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/rotimi-amaechi-warns-nigerians-against-voting-for-atiku","title":{"rendered":"Rotimi Amaechi warns Nigerians against voting for Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Director-General of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s re-election campaign and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has cautioned Nigerians against voting for Atiku Abubakar in 2019.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"hyphenate \"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the minister made the comment on Friday, December 28, 2018, while speaking at the flag-off of President Buhari\u2019s re-election campaign in Akwa-Ibom state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hyphenate \">Amaechi said that the Peoples Democratic Party will loot Nigeria\u2019s treasury if they are voted in again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"onet-ad-left\" class=\"onetAdsLeftSlot onet-ad\"><\/div>\n<p>The former Rivers state Governor told those present at the rally that the PDP will take Nigeria back to recession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hyphenate \">He said\u00a0<em>\u201cThey (the PDP) said you are hungry. You are hungry because they stole the money. If the money was here, you wouldn\u2019t have been hungry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"hyphenate \"><em>\u00a0\u201cIf you vote for the other party (PDP), let me tell you what will happen. They are so hungry that if they come out, they will be too busy stealing money that by the time Nigerians realise it, we are back to recession.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"hyphenate \"><em>\u201cWe got in and saw the challenges. We never knew they had stolen all the money. We thought they had a conscience to leave some money behind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"hyphenate \"><em>\u201cYou know, the difference between us and the other party (PDP) is that they are not saying that they are not corrupt.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director-General of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s re-election campaign and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has cautioned Nigerians against voting for Atiku Abubakar in 2019. \u00a0the minister made the comment on Friday, December 28, 2018, while speaking at the flag-off of President Buhari\u2019s re-election campaign in Akwa-Ibom state. 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