The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi of inciting the public against the current administration.
During an interview, Mr Amaechi criticised Nigerian youth for not protesting the country’s “high cost of living.”
The APC spokesperson, Festus Morka, released a statement on Friday describing Mr Amaechi’s comments as insensitive, appalling, and unpatriotic.
In what appeared to be a diatribe against the former governor, Mr Morka stated that if all political leaders are considered thieves, then Mr Amaechi, who held various positions between 1999 and 2022, should be included.
“Coming from one of Nigeria’s longest-serving and highest-ranking political freeloaders—a two-term speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, a two-term governor, and a two-term minister of transport.
“For almost all his adult life, Amaechi has been a parasitic dependent on state resources, a voracious beneficiary of official…