Amaechi Reveals He Knelt to Beg Tinubu Amid Exit Threat

Rotimi Amaechi recounts a tense moment during the election campaign when he travelled to Bola Tinubu’s residence with Uba Elrufai. He says he knelt and warned, “If we lose, I am finished,” after hearing that the federal government would bar him from leaving the country. According to Amaechi, President Jonathan’s team signalled that a defeat could strand him at Nigerian airports. He pleaded with Tinubu, urging him to lead their convention, calling it a matter of life and death. “I told him without you, this convention can’t be successful. Lead us now,” Amaechi says, recalling how he begged his party leader not to let him fail politically.

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