Hundreds of Amaechi’s kinsmen in Rivers dump APC for PDP

Hundreds of All Progressives Congress, APC, members and their leaders from the home community of former Rivers governor and Minister of Transport, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers state have dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the ruling party in the state has stated.amaechi lookAmaechi, who hails from Ubima in Ikwerre LGA, is believed to be the leader of the APC in the oil-rich state, but the PDP boasted that he would be left with the carcass of the main opposition party in Rivers.Excited over the mass defection, the chairman of Rivers PDP, Bro. Felix Obuah said, in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam, that the defectors acted in demonstration of their disappointment and frustration over the failure of the APC to provide a better leadership alternative.He stated that it is not surprising that the APC suffered such fate, “as the party and its Abuja based leaders do not have the structure, grassroots support, as well as genuine commitment and purposeful programmes to carter for the needs of the people.”While welcoming the new members from the APC to the PDP, Obuah “congratulated them on their realization and bold step taken in spite of the intimidation and inducement by the former Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and other unpopular leaders of the APC, who are running from pillar to post in Abuja begging to be appointed or imposed on the people through fraudulent elections in the State.”He reiterated that the PDP umbrella is large enough to accommodate both regular and returning members of the party, assuring all of equal opportunity and treatment as a responsible and well-meaning party founded on equity, justice and fair play.The PDP chairman further explained that with the current trend of defections in Rivers, the Transport minister “would be left with the carcass of the party, appealing to the remnants to make hay while the sun shines so as to be part of the various development programmes and initiatives of the Wike- led government in the State.” He also urged the former Governor and Minister of Transportation, Amaechi and his allies to stomach their pride and stop their uncovered calumnious plots against the PDP government in the state, admit their failure and defeat and to take steps in joining the performing Governor Nyesom Wike in giving the people of the State a new lease of life.PDP, Obuah said, is willing to forgive and re-admit any genuinely repentant APC leader and members who are ready to help build a better Rivers State, assuring that in the coming days, more of the leftover APC members would join the PDP fold in the State.

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