The lawmaker representing Rivers
South-East Senatorial district, Magnus Abe, on Friday claimed that the Minister
of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi once asked him to bomb the office of the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Port Harcourt, the state
capital.
He said this while rubbisshing
Amaechi’s claim that he was working with the State Governor, Nyesom Wike
against the interest of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
In a statement he signed, Abe,
who is a factional governorship candidate of the APC in the state said: “I have
received several calls this morning that the the Minister of Transportation Rt
Hon Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi was on air this morning alleging that I am being
used by Gov Wike to destabilise the APC in Rivers state.
“It’s unfortunate that the only
time we met, at the office of the national chairman of the APC to try to find
some working solution to crisis in the party, the Hon Minister of Transportation,
Rt Hon Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, spent over two hour abusing me, and calling me
names.
“He did not mention Rivers state
or the APC once in the course of his entire diatribe. The national chairman
could not call him to order or remind him of the purpose for the meeting that
day. Instead the party was bullied into participating in an illegality.
“Today, rather than discuss how
we can come together despite our differences to mobilise Rivers people to vote
for our party and our President, Minister Amaechi was busy telling Rivers
people that I am being used by Governor Wike.
“Amaechi as governor worked with
me and he is aware that several times he ordered me to do things that I
considered wrong, or incompatible with my principles, I not only refused to carry
out such orders but I always told him to his face that I would not do them and
I never did.
“When he ordered me to go arrange
to bomb the INEC office in Port -Harcourt after the 2015 elections. I told him
to his face that I cannot be part of any action that would involve violence and
death because of politics, when he ordered the attacks on GDI at the time
Governor Wike started GDI in Rivers state, Gokana was the first local
Government in Rivers state that disobeyed that order, even though there were those
hell bent on carrying out his orders in Gokana at time.
“So Minister Amaechi knows from
personal experience that I cannot be used by anybody to do something I do not
believe in. His refusal as a leader to accept responsibility for his actions is
the reason the party is in this state. The bulk of the fight against Wike in
2015 was in my senatorial district, I led the fight in person from the front
even in the face of clear personal danger. It is unfortunate that rather than
face the real issues the Minister has continued to engage in name calling,
inciting violence, and abusing those that can help to find solutions.”
This is a very serious allegation! Amaechi had better clear the air!!!
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