Kaduna state Governor Nasir El-Rufai has revealed the reasons Nigeria’s president Mohammadu Buhari loves dearly the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi’ TheNewsGuru.com can confirm.
Rufai made it known that Amaechi’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party,( PDP), to the All Progressives Congress, (APC), during the era of president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
Rufai disclosed this when Amaechi met with APC delegates from Kaduna ahead of the party’s national convention.
El-Rufai also added that poaching some members and governors of PDP was a good decision.
“Let me tell you my history with Amaechi. When we started discussing with the G-7, the seven governors that wanted to defect to the APC, I was holding nocturnal meetings with Amaechi and Governor Nyako of Adamawa State until we got five of them to move to our party, and that was the game-changer.
“And for you to understand how difficult it is, imagine Amaechi of Rivers State from the same South-South with incumbent President Jonathan.
“He made the sacrifice to move to our party. It was a game-changer. This is part of the reason President Buhari loves Minister Amaechi till tomorrow,” El-Rufai said.