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Rotimi Amaechi, the African Democratic Congress vice-presidential candidate, has said he oversaw the completion of the Lekki Deep Seaport, rejecting claims by President Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu that they delivered the project.
Speaking at an ADC stakeholders’ meeting in Edo State on Thursday, Amaechi said he saw the project through from start to finish during his time as transportation minister under former President Muhammadu Buhari.
“I built Lekki Deep Seaport from scratch to finish. I finished it completely, but I had resigned to contest for the office of the president; that’s why Sanwo-Olu got Buhari to come and commission it,” he said.
“And when they were commissioning, Sanwo-Olu and others, including Tinubu, were claiming that they built it. None of them visited it from scratch.”
Amaechi traced the project’s origins to the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying Buhari later approved its construction.
“Buhari approved the construction of that seaport, but it was essentially an Obasanjo’s idea, even though it was built by Buhari,” he said.
He said the Buhari administration also approved deep seaport projects in Bonny, Akwa Ibom and Warri, though some could not proceed because of funding challenges.
The Bonny project was designed for a depth of 18 metres, while the Akwa Ibom site had a natural depth of between 17 and 18 metres, he said.
