Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. File
The Director of Strategic Communications for President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has denied that there is a rift between the Director-General, Rotimi Amaechi and Adams Oshiomhole.
In a statement on Wednesday, Keyamo said Amaechi’s alleged comment that Oshiomhole is “bad luck” to the party was false.
He said: “It is classic case of the much-touted “fake news” that has become a tool in the hands of desperate politicians. It is also an unsuccessful attempt to create a division between both great leaders of the Party.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state without equivocation that Rt. Honourable Rotimi Amaechi did not at any forum, whether in private or public, utter such words or anything close to those words in reference to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. He holds Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in the highest esteem possible.
“We have since discovered that this “fake news” was concocted, released and circulated by the sinking main opposition party. Indeed the combination of Rt. Honourable Rotimi Amaechi and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is an obvious nightmare to them.
“From our intelligence sources, we wish to alert the general public that as the campaigns draw closer, many of such “fake news” would be released and circulated by the opposition that is presently clutching at straws and harvesting chaff to survive. For them blackmail, outright lies, falsehood and now “fake news” have become their campaign strategy.”