Oyegun: Amaechi worked hard but I’m not aware he funded Buhari’s campaign

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Friday, has dismissed popular insinuations that former Rivers State Governor and Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi was one of the major financiers of the Buhari Presidential Campaign.

The party chair, Oyegun who featured on We FM 106.5 radio station in Abuja reacted to a caller who had alleged that 80 percent of Buhari’s funds came from Amaechi. The caller while crediting a statement to the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El – Rufai asked the APC Chairman to explain to Nigerians how Amaechi got the money to support Buhari’s campaign.

“I’m not aware of the statement by the Kaduna Governor, I know him very well and I will be very shocked if he made a statement like that.”

He said Amaechi embarked on a risky endeavor but was driven and work hard to ensure the party’s victory. The chairman maintained that he is not aware of financial commitments by Amaechi to the APC’s presidential Campaign.

“I know Amaechi was very vigorous in the campaigns and that was obvious because he made a bold move that involved a lot of risks coming away as Governor of the PDP coming into the APC.

“He was a driven person, APC must win, he was driven, he worked extremely hard, he was all over the country physically, that I know but about, which sum and the rest, whether he brought money or didn’t bring money, I am not aware of that, but I know he worked extremely hard and he was one of the factors in the victory of the APC,“ he said.

Oyegun further explained that the Deregulation of the downstream sector was aimed at stimulating competition in the industry to beat down the price of petrol.

“It will also allow competition to operate, if you are able to import cheaper and you sell at the lower level as we hear a few practitioners of the industry are already deciding to do. It is a band and 145 is only the upper limit,“ Oyegun added.

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