The All Progressives Congress has described as ridiculous the claim by the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, that the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and his supporters were planning a return to the Peoples Democratic Party.
The APC also dismissed claims by the minister that the party was afraid of the PDP, adding that Wike’s statement was made with an intention to boost the morale of his depleting supporters.
Wike had during the celebration of the one year anniversary of the state PDP executive led by Mr. Felix Obuah on Saturday said that Amaechi and his supporters were planning to return to the PDP through the backdoor.
But a statement by the Rivers State Chapter of the APC on Tuesday indicated that Amaechi and his supporters were still APC and had never imagined going back to the PDP.
The statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Interim State Chairman of the APC, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, added that the state governor and his supporters had no reason to return to the PDP that had seized to function in the state.
“This, to say the least, is a lie from the pit of hell. It is really unfortunate that a man holding a high office as a Federal Minister could lie so brazenly and without compunction in his desperation to raise the morale of his fast depleting followers in the Rivers PDP.
“It is indeed ridiculous for Wike to allege that Governor Amaechi and other APC leaders in the state are planning to rejoin PDP through the backdoor. What he does not understand is that Gov. Amaechi has left PDP for good, without any intention of returning to the sinking ship which PDP has become as of today.
“The people of Rivers State are wise enough not to allow such a politician and administrator to govern the State even for one second to avoid him destroying all the enviable legacies of Governor Amaechi,” the state APC added.
Describing Rivers as an APC state, the party noted that the minister would not be able to change the situation.
“Rivers State is an APC State and a million Wikes cannot change that fact. We are proud of the feats of Governor Amaechi; and we thank God that he has today become a political institution,” the statement read.
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