I knew I was going to be in trouble, if APC did not win
knew he would have been in trouble and have been
hounded out of the country if APC hadn't won the
presidential election.
Amaechi made the statement in Lagos, yesterday,
during the public presentation of a book titled
"Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi Years" which is
the compilation of his achievements a governor.
"I knew I was going to be in trouble. Anything that
would cause that change not to take place, I was
ready to make that sacrifice. The federal government
sent out a signal that if they won nobody should let
me out of Nigeria from any airport.
One day Asiwaju got angry with me. He was very
angry. I went to his house with Mallam Nasir El-Rufai
and knelt down, saying 'please let's not disagree, let's
win first and then we can disagree.
"I told Asiwaju that what is important is to make a
history of the first civilian coup in Nigeria when your
children and grandchildren read the history with
your name as one of the people who helped bring
about change in Nigeria.
I said, let us focus on the victory. I remember the day
of the convention, there were so many intrigues,
there will be convention, there won't be convention, I
said my leader, if we don't do the convention we are
finished, the press will say APC cannot hold a
convention, lead us now, there must be convention
and election. So, he turned to me and said look for
Tunde (Fashola), let us go." He said
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