Recall that Amaechi had, while speaking to a crowd of supporters at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign in Aba, Abia State said he's Igbo.
Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has reacted after former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi claimed in a recent interview that his earlier claim of being Igbo was merely a political ploy.
Recall that Amaechi had while speaking to a crowd of supporters at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign in Aba, Abia State, in 2015, said, "I am a bona fide Igbo man. My name is Amaechi, but President Jonathan, who says his name is Azikiwe, cannot speak the Igbo language."
After 10 years, Amaechi, in an interview on Arise Television's Prime Time on Tuesday, dismissed the earlier statement, stating he is an Ikwerre man from Rivers State.
According to the former Minister of Transportation, he associated himself with the Igbo people to make Nigerians address the cries of marginalisation by the Southeast.
Reacting, the National President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Okwu Nnabuike, in a statement made available to journalists on Friday, said the comments clearly show that Amaechi is in the league of Nigerian politicians without character.
He said, "We were shocked to the marrow to listen to Rotimi Amaechi make such a U-turn on national television.
"This is the same man who accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of not being an Igbo man, simply because he (Amaechi) needed the votes of Ndigbo for his party, the APC, in 2015.
"Fast forward to 2025, the same man, 10 years later, has now told Nigerians that he lied to them.
"What this clearly shows is that Amaechi is a man who can do anything for politics; who can say anything just to get what he wants politically.
"How can we explain the fact that someone who personally declared that he is an Igbo man 10 years ago, now shamelessly tells the whole world that he did that all for politics.
"What this clearly shows is that he is in the league of politicians who have no character, who believe that all is fair in politics.
"Particularly, we advise Mr Peter Obi to be wary of such a man. He should not be seen to be associating with a man who is making a caricature of Ndigbo.
"Such a person is not to be trusted and we now see why Nyesom Wike clearly said that Amaechi has no capacity.
"How can such a man have capacity when he is living a life of treachery, when he is telling lies to get what he wants.
"However we want to make it clear to Amaechi and his likes that Ndigbo are not looking for people like him. We know genuine Igbo men and women when we see them, and we have a handful of them.
"We are waiting for Amaechi in 2027 when he will come to any state in the South-East to open his lies-filled mouth. He will hear from us at the appropriate time, because we know he shall surely need Ndigbo again. We have had enough from people like him and we say never again."
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