Rivers state PDP has asked the former governor of the state, Rotimi
Amaechi, not to heed the call of members of the National Assembly to
resign or tender an unreserved apology, over the Lagos-Calabar rail
project controversy. In a statement signed by the party's chairman,
Felix Obuah, Rivers PDP called on Amaechi to remain in office so he can
show the world how badly behaved he is. PDP in its statement said
Amaechi had boasted of bringing Buhari into office and that he was in
government to recoup all the money he spent on Buhari's campaign. Read
the statement after the cut..
We believe it’s rather too early to begin to quarrel with Rotimi Amaechi
or call for his resignation when he is yet to fix the Nigeria he
promised would be changed by his new found love, the almighty APC in
matter of months. Again, Amaechi remains our beloved son who said he
single-handedly sponsored and made His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari,
President and he is yet to recoup the billions of Rivers money he
invested into the project. Amaechi also said he planned to construct
the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail line modernization project to
empower the APC members in the South-South. This lofty dream will not be
actualized if he resigns now. Though the National Assembly members may
feel hurt by Amaechi’s ingratitude after it had accepted to deliberate
over the later included supplementary budget which he later went public
to claim was contained in the original budget proposal, thereby
portraying the federal lawmakers as partial and discriminatory, the main
reason for Amaechi’s mischief was to create the impression that he has
the interest of the South/South people at heart which is a fallacy. I am
happy that Amaechi has carried his antics of setting brother against
brother to the very Senate that screened and confirmed his ministerial
appointment. I want the lawmakers to use same to reflect on all the
submissions by not only the PDP, but also the people, the civil society
and concerned citizens etc, before they went on to confirm his (Amaechi)
appointment despite several allegations of corruption and breaches of
the Rule of law by Amaechi. This is the kind of falsehood, mischief and
misrepresentation we have been contending with, from Chibuike Amaechi
which his allies and the All Progressives Congress, APC have continued
to deny and good a thing, he is now exhibiting same character to his
appointees and this is just the beginning. The issue is not whether or
not Amaechi should resign as a minister or tender apology to the
National Assembly, but this should serve as an eye opener and a pointer
to the crisis he (Amaechi) instigated in Rivers State that brought about
the panel of inquiry that indicted him of a myriad of alleged corrupt
practices and fraudulent engagements while he served as governor in
Rivers State for eight solid years. We have said it times without number
that Amaechi cannot change his true colour under President Buhari and
must remain a cog in the wheel of progress. His early resignation will
hardly free the APC members and the unrepentant Amaechi apologists from
the world of theories which is not good for the country. The taste of
the pudding they say, is in the eating, while experience remains the
best teacher. Please let Amaechi be!".
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