The Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has been appointed as the
Director-General of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation for
the 2019 presidential election.
This confirmation came
to the fore in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Secretary of the
campaign organisation, Mohammed Dattijo, which announced the appointment
of Mr. Festus Keyamo SAN as the official spokesman of the Buhari
Campaign Organisation.
Recall that there were reports as at January
2018 that Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers state, has been issued
letter of appointment as the Director-General of Buhari’s 2019 election
campaign.
Shortly after the news broke, Special Adviser to the
President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina dismissed the report as
mere rumour, stating as at then that his principal has not decided on
running for the election. But the President as at last week Monday
before proceeding to London announced his decision to seek a second term
in office.
While the appointment of Amaechi, who had served in
the same capacity for the 2015 election, seems to have been done
quietly, MC EBISCO can now authoritatively report that the serving
minister is to head Buhari’s Campaign Organisation for the 2019
election.
This is on the strength of the letter announcing Keyamo’s
new role which was signed by Amaechi as “The Director General” of the
President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation.