{"id":18406,"date":"2025-11-12T13:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=18406"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:10:58","slug":"a-politician-rejected-at-home-cannot-lead-a-national-revolt-lagos-apc-lambast-amaechi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/a-politician-rejected-at-home-cannot-lead-a-national-revolt-lagos-apc-lambast-amaechi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA Politician Rejected at Home Cannot Lead a National Revolt\u201d \u2013 Lagos APC Lambasts Amaechi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re- 2027: Amaechi urges Nigerians to mobilise, says Tinubu can be defeated<\/p>\n<p>Lagos APC to Amaechi:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMobilise Who? A Politician Rejected at Home Cannot Lead a National Revolt\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed, with well-deserved contempt, the latest political hallucination from Rotimi Amaechi, who now claims Nigerians should \u201cmobilise\u201d because President Bola Ahmed Tinubu can be defeated in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi is free to dream, but he must stop mistaking his nightmares for national reality.<\/p>\n<p>A Man Declared Political Non-Grata Wants to Lead a National Mobilisation?<\/p>\n<p>Let us start with the obvious:<br \/>\nAmaechi is a political orphan &#8211; disowned in Rivers, irrelevant nationally, and steadily sinking into total political oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>In Rivers State today, mentioning Amaechi\u2019s name in political discussions is viewed as a provocative joke.<br \/>\nA man who has lost his structure, lost his followers, and lost his voice has suddenly found the courage to lecture Nigerians on how to \u201cmobilise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mobilise who?<br \/>\n\u2022 The few loyalists left in his WhatsApp group?<br \/>\n\u2022 Politicians who abandoned him the moment he lost the presidential primaries?<br \/>\n\u2022 The same Rivers electorate that no longer take him seriously?<\/p>\n<p>You cannot lead a national movement when your own backyard has padlocked the gate against you.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi\u2019s Political Bitterness Is Not a National Agenda<\/p>\n<p>The truth Amaechi avoids is simple:<br \/>\nhis problem is not Tinubu &#8211; his problem is political irrelevance.<\/p>\n<p>It is always the loudest losers who shout the most about 2027.<br \/>\nAnd Amaechi\u2019s noise is nothing more than the wounded cry of someone who has not healed from the humiliation of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu Is Delivering &#8211; And That\u2019s Why 2027 Is Not Up for Debate<\/p>\n<p>While Amaechi is busy trying to resurrect his collapsed career, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing the actual work of rebuilding a nation:<br \/>\n\u2022 NELFUND unlocking education for millions<br \/>\n\u2022 CREDITCORP boosting SMEs nationwide<br \/>\n\u2022 Record FDI interest from Qatar, UAE, Europe and the Ogunlesi-led group<br \/>\n\u2022 Highway, rail, port and aviation modernization on an unprecedented scale<br \/>\n\u2022 Agriculture, mining and security reforms stabilising Nigeria\u2019s future<\/p>\n<p>This is why even opposition voters now admit &#8211; privately, though grudgingly &#8211; that Tinubu is miles ahead of any contender.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi Cannot Preach Mobilisation Without a Platform<\/p>\n<p>The question Nigerians should ask Amaechi is simple:<\/p>\n<p>Where is your political structure?<br \/>\nWhere are your followers?<br \/>\nWhere is your relevance?<\/p>\n<p>In politics, you cannot give what you don\u2019t have.<br \/>\nAmaechi cannot mobilise a nation when he cannot command a polling unit.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu\u2019s 2027 Victory Is Not a Possibility &#8211; It Is an Unfolding Reality<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi\u2019s sudden activism is a familiar script:<br \/>\nfailed politicians always imagine a revolution when they can no longer win elections.<\/p>\n<p>But Nigerians know better.<br \/>\n2027 will not reward bitterness, betrayal or political tourism.<br \/>\nIt will reward leadership, courage and results.<\/p>\n<p>And Tinubu has all three in abundance.<\/p>\n<p>Final Word:<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi Should First Mobilise Himself Out of Political Obscurity<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians are not fooled.<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t defeat a performing President with a disgruntled politician who has lost his home, his base, and his relevance.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi\u2019s statement is not a rallying cry &#8211; it is a cry for help.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu cannot be defeated.<br \/>\nAmaechi cannot be resurrected.<br \/>\nEnd of story.<\/p>\n<p>Mogaji (Hon) Seye Oladejo<br \/>\nLagos APC Spokesman<br \/>\n11\/11\/25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re- 2027: Amaechi urges Nigerians to mobilise, says Tinubu can be defeated Lagos APC to Amaechi: \u201cMobilise Who? 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