A former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday, said there was a well-oiled plot to orchestrate a heavily funded smear campaign of calumny and lies against him.
A statement by the former minister’s media office said attempts were being made to “peddle all sorts of fictitious, misleading and outrightly concocted stories, distorted and manipulated documents that would smudge the image and cast aspersions on the character, integrity and high morals of Amaechi.”
The statement added, “The deceitful plan of this ominously funded campaign is to tarnish the towering status; and do as much damage as possible to the character and reputation of Amaechi in the hearts, minds and eyes of members of the public, using both traditional and online (social) media.
“One aspect of the reprehensible conspiracy is to unscrupulously drag the name of Amaechi and a member of his immediate family into the internal affairs and operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission in a manner and way that is designed and intended to bring disrepute and opprobrium to his character and reputation. Read more