Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has ruled himself out from running to become president in 2023.
Amaechi’s campaign posters, sponsored by certain interest groups, have been spotted in parts of the country.
There were reports that the minister recently attended a secret meeting in Taraba to kick-start his campaign.
However, the former Rivers State governor has distanced himself from the campaign posters, adding that he is focused on his job as minister.
“I am a minister and I don’t want to get sacked until the president is satisfied that I should go. Anyone that said I was in Taraba for a meeting is lying,” he said.
“I got to Taraba by accident through a friend whose daughter was wedding. I went there and came back. Mischievously, one of the Nigerian newspapers wrote that I went for a political meeting.
“I like the way Muslims organise their weddings. Five minutes, it was over, 10 minutes we were eating and in 30 minutes, we were at the airport. How can a political meeting take place in 30 minutes? The event was so well organized. After the event, a vehicle took us back to the airport”.
