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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