Breaking: APC appoints Amaechi as campaign director

By Ehi Ekhator, Naija Center News

After loosing the battle for the position of the Vice President, the All progressives Congress has compensated the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi with the position of a Presidential campaign director.

Amaechi at the mega rally

Last week, General Muhammadu Buhari beat four people to emerge the winner of the APC Presidential candidate, and yesterday chose Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as his running mate after a series of unsuccessful meeting to sort for the right person.

NAIJA CENTER NEWS reported yesterday that Amaechi, with the hope of being made the VP, hosted the APC Leaders in Rivers State government lodge in Abuja, yet slipped through his hands to the unexpected, according to some aggrieved APC members.

In a statement signed by the party spokesperson, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday in Abuja, APC announced the appointment of Amaechi as the campaign manager which, according to the party, would drive the party’s effort to win the 2015 presidential election.

The appointment of Mr. Amaechi was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the APC, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday in Abuja.

APC said Amaechi was chosen due to his outstanding reputation, adding that he is a man of courage, principle, strength of character, decency, love of country and administrative prowess and organisational skills combined.

APC reminded Nigerians that its promise to ensure the choice of its presidential running mate would be made within the context of the best democratic ideas, adding that the enormously positive reactions from the general public resorted to the choice of of Prof. Osinbajo.

“With a presidential candidate that has rekindled the hopes of the citizenry and revived their belief in democratic ideals, we believe we must also choose a running mate that will complement the sterling qualities of the presidential candidate. We must confess that the choice was a tough one, considering the array of eminently-qualified and outstanding candidates that we had to choose from.

“Yes, we were spoilt for choice but, in the end, we picked as running mate a man whose pedigree, nationally, sub-regionally, regionally and globally, attests to the fact that our party, the APC, is a repository of high quality leadership materials, and that our country, Nigeria, has no shortage of the very best human resources,” it said.

possibly talking from the critism on the physical frame of Prof. Osinbajo, APC said the VP candidate’s academic, legal or ecclesial world surpass his look, and his qualities serves as a good accompaniment to the candidate.

” A man of such rare sterling qualities that have stood the test of time, qualities that are now so sorely lacking in our country’s leadership”

“Our presidential running mate is an award-winning professor of law, a legal luminary, a gentleman, a much-sought-after public speaker, a tested administrator, an author and a man of great ecclesiastical standing.

“Educated in Nigeria and the UK, Prof. Osinbajo is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, who has served in many organizations and professional bodies in Nigeria, West Africa, Africa and the United Nations. He has authored or edited over a dozen publications, has taught and practised law at the high levels, and has served on the Editorial Boards of learned publications and non-legal publications, in addition to publishing many articles in learned journals.

“Now that we have presented Nigerians with the best possible choices for the exalted positions of President and Vice President, we expect that citizens, who have been yearning for quality leadership, will use their voting power to put Nigeria firmly on the path of greatness. A country seeking to be among the greats in the comity of nations cannot afford to have a mediocre leadership,” the party said.

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