Amaechi Speaks On Buhari And Thoughts Of Forcing Him To Convert To Islam

Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation yesterday sarcastically appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari for not making any move to convert him to Islam.

Amaechi made this known yesterday at the valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council while explaining that he was misunderstood and criticized for associating with the President.

He further recounted how he was almost sent out of Christ the King Catholic Church in 2014 because he supported the President.

According to him, the church believed that the president’s agenda was to Islamize the country.

“Mr. President, let me thank you for not converting me to Islam. I say that specifically because in 2014 when I walked into Christ the King Catholic Church, I was literally chased out of the church as a governor because I was accused of supporting a man whose agenda was to Islamise Nigeria.

“And in Rivers state, they began to call me `Alhaji Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’. I thank you because they have dropped the `Alhaji’ and back to Mr. Chibuike Amaechi,’’ he said.

He further stated that some persons also believed that the president would lead like an autocratic leader, but contrarily he turned out to be an “extreme democrat’’.

“I was told in the course of the campaign that you were autocratic and therefore you would not be democratic.

“Most of us are not happy that you have moved from your autocratic nature to an extreme democrat that everything puts to test of the people, to the extent that the people now feel that the only way things can go on in this country is by the rule of law.

“We all know that the rule of law is the beginning and the end of this government. Talking about the financial impunity that we saw before, people were making money without having any productive capacity for that,’’ he said.