The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday said the former President, Goodluck Jonathan during their face-off in 2015, when he (Amaechi) was still Governor of Rivers State, was fighting God and not him.
Amaechi made the claim on Saturday in Port Harcourt while receiving some high calibre members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Amaechi, who also claimed that Jonathan made him several offers to remain in PDP, said he turned down the offers because he was not tribalistic.
The defectors included a former Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs in the state, Dr. John Bazia; Alabo Michael West, Chima Obinna and Salvation Ezengwogwo.
Speaking further, Amaechi, said he would resume prayer sessions next year to reclaim Rivers State.
His words: “Next year, we are starting prayer sessions. You know, when Goodluck (Jonathan) fought us, he was not fighting me, he was fighting God and I knew he would fail.
“Tell them, from next year prayer will start. I will come to Port Harcourt like I used to and I will say this will happen and it will happen.
“Let me tell you who I am. I do not drink, I have never tasted alcohol in my life. I don’t smoke; I am not tribalistic. Whether in Rivers State or in Nigeria, I am not tribalistic.
‘If I were tribalistic, President Goodluck Jonathan offered me an opportunity to remain in the PDP, he offered me all sorts of opportunities and I said that I have given my allegiance to Buhari because I am not tribalistic.”
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