The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council in the state for accusing former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of being a member of a ‘wicked cabal.’
Campaign council of the PDP in Rivers State alleged that the Amaechi is a member of the cabal enforcing fuel and naira scarcity in the country.
The Director of Publicity and Communications of the campaign council, Ogbonna Nwuke charged Amaechi to deny that he is not part of the elements in the Aso Villa.
According to Nwuke, Amaechi is working secretly for the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
He alleged that the former Governor of Rivers State recently reconciled with members of the PDP’s Presidential Campaign Council in the state.
Nwuke claimed that Amaechi has been secretly meeting with Atiku and others in the cabal.
He said, “Nigerians have been forced to go through the eye of the needle in search of money with which to meet their daily needs and feed their families.
“Unknown to most Nigerians, the vicious cabal that has made it a duty to inflict pain and suffering on the rest of us has done so deliberately in order to influence the outcome of the forthcoming elections.
“As a political party, we have gathered credible intelligence which supports the view that the leader of the APC, Rt Hon. Rotimi Amaechi is a member of the cabal that has caused the naira crisis as well as the fuel scarcity and brought untold hardships on ordinary Rivers people and other Nigerians.
“Only recently, he reconciled with members of the Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State as part of the carefully woven plot. We equally know for certain that he has been holding secret meetings with the PDP presidential candidate.
“We challenge the former Minister of Transportation to deny this fact. Let him deny that he is not one of those that are working with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at this time to undermine the genuine aspiration of the people of Southern Nigeria.”
However, in its reaction, the APC through its Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwanju described Wike as confused and clueless.
Nwauju in a statement said “Nigerians can now see through the web of lies, evil machinations and sophistry of the clueless PDP administration in Rivers State as the continuous campaigns of calumny against former Governor Amaechi keep falling like a pack of cards.
“Not too long ago, Governor Wike, who is the leader of the faction of PDP in Rivers State that authored these false claims, was seen on live television boasting that the former transportation minister no longer has access to Aso Rock Villa.
“Today, the same faction of the PDP shamelessly names the former governor as a member of the cabal.
“Should we take such persons seriously? Nigerians can easily see through these tantrums as claptrap by failed politicians who have made wrong political permutations and are now struggling to point fingers.
“Even the author of the statement does not believe in what he signed off.”
