Presidency accuses Amaechi, APC of‘treason’

The Presidency yesterday accused the Riv­
ers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and
the All Progressives Congress (APC) of
“treason”.
Amaechi, who is the the Director General
of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, had
on Tuesday, canvassed improved funding
of the Armed Forces in the ongoing
counter-insurgency campaign.
But in a statement yesterday, Senior
Special Assistant to the President on
Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said
Amaechi’s position amounted to “treason­
able pronouncement.”
Okupe also tongue lashed the presidential
candidate of the APC, General Muham­
madu Buhari, who he accused of
“compromising his personal integrity and
enviable military antecedents” to endorse
such statement issued on his behalf.
“The statement by the Director General of
the Buhari Campaign Organization, Rotimi
Amaechi, asking some soldiers in the
Nigerian Army to mutiny against the
military authorities is a treasonable
pronouncement.
“No responsible Nigerian or political
organization for that matter should ever
contemplate encouraging or supporting
mutiny in the Nigerian Army under any
circumstances whatsoever.
“It is a pity that because of Amaechi’s
huge financial commitment to the General
Buhari campaign, the presidential can­
didate of the APC has compromised his
personal integrity and enviable military
antecedents to endorse such reckless
statement issued on his behalf,” Okupe
said in the statement.