Rivers State governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, insisted that he has no intentions of leaving Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.
Meanwhile, Justice Emmanuel Ogbuji of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday, held that his court has jurisdiction to hear the suit by Governor Amaechi, challenging his suspension from PDP.
It will be recalled that Governor Amaechi was suspended by his party
over alleged refusal to reverse the suspension of the elected officials
of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
Meantime, insisting that he was still in PDP, contrary to rumours by
the embattled Publicity Secretary of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN,
Rivers State chapter, Jerry Needam, Chief Press Secretary to the
Governor, Mr. David Iyofor, in a statement, dismissed as outright lies
and figment of the imagination, Needam’s claims that Amaechi had
approached ACN leadership to join the party.
He said: “Governor Amaechi has no intention of leaving PDP. Everyone
knows that he is already fighting his purported suspension in court. He
believes that it is a PDP issue and in due course, the matter would be
resolved. He has never met with anyone to discuss his leaving the PDP to
join ACN or All Progressive Congress, APC or any other political party.
“Jerry Needam is a joker and no one should take him seriously. He’s
just doing the bidding of his paymasters, a faction of PDP in Rivers
State, that is doing everything it can, no matter how absurd and
bizarre, so they can accuse Governor Amaechi of anti-party activities.
It is instructive to note that just a couple of days back, this same
Needam was suspended from ACN for hobnobbing and working with the Felix
Obuah faction of PDP in Rivers State against the interests of ACN. That
leaves the question: who does Needam speaks for? Certainly, not for
ACN. He can only be speaking for himself and his paymasters, who are
well known to Rivers people. No one is deceived by his antics and
comical statements.”
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