Amaechi Secretly Visits Saraki at Night Over Ministerial Screening

Ahead of the ministerial screening, former Governor, Rotimi Amaechi visited Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday night to beg for his support. 

 

LEADERSHIP reports that Amaechi arrived the Maitama, Abuja residence of the Senate President at about 11:45pm and left at about 1am, last Wednesday morning. A source privy to the visit of the former governor, said this would be the first time Amaechi would be visiting Saraki since the Senate President’s emergence. He had stayed away and even worked against the Senate president’s emergence which was against their party (APC’s) stand.

During the meeting with the Senate President, Amaechi pleaded with the Senate President to forget the past and help clear him. A source revealed that Amaechi succeeded in extracting a promise from the Senate President that he would do everything possible to make his clearance come easy. 

Amaechi's ministerial nomination is been opposed by Rivers state senators.