Rotimi Amaechi, minister of
transportation, says after praying and fasting for three months, God used a
friend to help him raise N200 million needed for his personal expenditure and
litigation fees to reclaim his mandate in the 2007 election.
Although Amaechi won the primary
election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it was Celestine Omehia, his
cousin, who represented PDP in the election.
Amaechi had headed to the court
and after six months of legal battle, the supreme court sacked Omehia and he
was eventually sworn in.
Speaking at a thanksgiving
service in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital on Sunday, the minister charged
the congregation to believe in the power of prayer.
“The truth is that we believed
God. Some who didn’t believe left us just as they are leaving now. God told me
that what he will do in Rivers State will tingle the ears, and I believed,”
Amaechi said.
“We were so broke, we could not
pay legal fees or children’s school fees. My wife prayed every day and night. I
was fasting and praying for three months. I told God ‘I have a friend who has
money, please make him remember me.’
“I called my friend and he told
me he has been looking for me. I told him I was in Ghana and he asked for my
account… He sent me Two hundred million naira. This is just to tell you that I
believed God and he answered me.
“We must all go back to God in
faith and prayers. Those who want to leave can go. I have come to understand
that God passes us through these challenges to prove himself. Now that they
have left, for me, this is an opportunity for the youths. It is your turn. You
must ensure that we get to power for you to fill the vacuum left.”
He said if members of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) did not pray, 2019 will “be very far from us”.
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