Former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has responded to the last-minute cancellation of a lecture he was set to deliver at Aliko Dangote University in Kano.
Amaechi told journalists in Kano on Wednesday evening that the university informed him of the cancellation just two hours before the event was due to begin.
He said he had already arrived in Kano for the programme, RFI Hausa reports.
According to the report, the management of the university had earlier approved his visit. The invitation came from the student leaders who asked him to speak to them.
Amaechi said he was surprised by the sudden decision.
“I was informed only two hours before the programme that the lecture had been cancelled,” he said.
He added that the university told him the event was called off due to security concerns.
The former Rivers State governor said that, as a law-abiding citizen, he decided not to go ahead with the programme after it was cancelled.
Amaechi, however, alleged that the development was politically motivated, adding that the Tinubu government is afraid, and that is why it has started taking such steps against opposition figures.
