Another audio tape in the series of leaked recordings by Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s transport minister and the director general of President Mohammadu Buhari’s campaign team is presently making the rounds on the internet.
The transportation minister in the recent audio tape said there is insufficient water and roads in Lagos while lamenting the spate of traffic jams in the state.
The audio tape was released by Phrank Shaibu, an aide of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Recall that Shaibu had on Sunday released an audio where Amaechi said the only way Nigeria can change is for everybody to be killed.
The minister made the comments during a conversation with some journalists.
He said: “I live in Abuja, tell me where else we have infrastructure. Lagos is a glorified village. The only difference between Lagos and other cities is the fact that business is in Lagos, everybody is there doing business, so you can at least have food,” he said in the new audio clip.
“If not tell me what else you have in Lagos? 1,000 plus megawatts. That’s all. That’s what you have. What else do you have? No water, there are no roads. The reason why you meet traffic jams in Lagos is because there are no roads.”
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Recall TheNewsGuru had earlier reported that the Transportation Minister had distanced himself from the audio.
When asked by newsmen for his comments on the audio that has gone viral, Amaechi replied: “Nothing. I am not aware of any audio recording.”
Further told that the audio was gaining momentum on different online websites, the immediate-past governor of Rivers State and incumbent Minister of Transportation asked: “Do I do website?”