The Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has been accused of promoting insecurity
through encouragement of militants, devious acts in Rivers State as part of its
desperation to make life uncomfortable for Governor Amaechi and people of
Rivers State. The allegation was contained in a statement by the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) to mark the first anniversary of the failed attempt
by five renegade lawmakers to take over the leadership of the Rivers State
House of Assembly.
“Needless to
say, this failed coup by the unserious and misguided Hon. Evans Bipi and other
funny characters like Hon. Michael Okechukwu Chinda, Hon. Victor Ihunwo, Hon.
Michael Amaewhule and Hon. Kelechi Godspower Nwogu was aimed at carrying out
the impossible task of impeaching Governor Chibuike Amaechi for defending the
interests of the good people of Rivers State contrary to the wishes of their
paymasters in Abuja,” APC said in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the
State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya.
APC eulogised
Hon. Chidi Llyod, the Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly,
noting that “if not for his bravery and few others that stopped Hon Bipi and
his group of renegade five the evil plots of these enemies of democracy to
endanger our democracy by attempting the impeachment of Governor Amaechi might
have been actualised.” It declared Hon. Chidi Llyod, Governor Amaechi and all
those who played positive acts to stop these undemocratic elements heroes of
democracy, saying that without their brave efforts in concert with loyal
members of the State House of Assembly and other progressive elements in the
State, PDP would have since murdered democracy in Rivers.
Reeling out the
sins of PDP against Rivers, APC accused the renegade lawmakers of abandoning
the work for which their constituencies sent them to the House of Assembly,
even as it accused PDP of luring back militants in the state years after they
were driven out by the Amaechi administration.
According to
APC, “After failing in their bid to illegally unseat Governor Amaechi, these
lawless lawmakers and their sponsors have not rested as they embark upon on one
act of impunity after another to ensure that Rivers State, her people and
government never know any peace. They have stopped representing their
constituencies, thereby depriving their people due representation.
“Their sponsors
through their agent PDP and other organs have ensured that Rivers State does
not rest through false propaganda against the Rivers State Government and have
even gone further to promote and lure back militants just to heighten
insecurity in Rivers State with kidnappings, assassinations and harassment of
political opponents as the order of the day.”
Rivers APC did
not also spare President Goodluck Jonathan in the statement. “Not minding that
Rivers State gave President Jonathan the highest number of votes during the
2011 presidential election, and the fact that he is an in-law to the state as
his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan (Mama Peace), is from Rivers State, the
promoters of the rebel lawmakers at the Presidency have ensured that no Federal
Government presence is felt in Rivers State. These agents of darkness went the
extreme mile of under-developing Rivers State and her people by ceding our oil
wells to the President’s home state of Baylesa and other neighboring states of
Abia and Akwa Ibom just to demonstrate their hatred for Rivers State and her
people.”
According to
APC, “For fighting for the rights of the people who elected him their Governor,
Rt. Hon. Amaechi’s life is not spared as his constant harassment is now one of
the major tasks of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Recently, the Governor was ambushed and
refused entry into Ekiti State by military personnel acting on orders from
above and his chartered aircraft confiscated. In Kano, the aviation authorities, acting at
the behest of the Presidency, impounded the Rivers State Government-owned
aircraft for no good reason, thus forcing Governor Amaechi and his delegation
to make the long journey back to Port Harcourt by road.”
The party
expressed joy that “despite all these setbacks, Governor Rotimi Chibuike
Amaechi has proved himself an icon, hero and soldier of democracy. Some of the
feats of this great leader of our time include making Port Harcourt the World
Book Capital City, dogged fight for the oil wells and other rights of Rivers
State and her people, as well as award-winning achievements in Education,
Agriculture, Health, etc.”
APC said that
“even if President Jonathan and his confused cohorts do not recognize the great
feats of Governor Amaechi, the rest of world does, the latest proof being his
recent decoration as an Associate Fellow of the United Nations Institute for
Training & Research (UNITAR), Geneva, Switzerland.”
The party urged
Governor Amaechi, Hon. Llyod and other genuine democratic forces in Rivers
State not to be intimidated, assuring them that both APC and the entire people
of Rivers State are solidly behind them.
Long Life APC!
Long Life
Rivers State!!
Chief Eze
Chukwuemeka Eze,
SSA Media and
Public Affairs to the State Chairman, APC Rivers State
14-07-14
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