Many of the APC members from Asari-Toru and Degema Local Government Areas of the State who dumped the party for the PDP, claiming they had bad experience while under the leadership of Amaechi.
Speaking at the PDP Secretariat in Port Harcourt where the decampees were received on Thursday, the leader of the APC decampees and former leader of the Asari-Toru Legislative Assembly, Hon. Orolosoma Amachree accused Amaechi of coercing all ‘elected’ Chairmen and Councilors of the APC into instituting legal action against the government of Chief (Barr) Nyesom Ezenwo Wike as a gimmick to make the State ungovernable.
Amachree, said the violent activities of former Chairman of Asari-Toru Council, had plunged the area into crisis which rendered his followers homeless.
He said the situation prompted them to flee to Abuja where they hoped to get succor from Amaechi who is Rivers APC leader and Minister for Transportation.
“But when we met Amaechi, our leader in Abuja and told him of our predicament and requested his assistance to get accommodation, he bluntly told us ‘If you don’t have accommodation why did you have to come to me. Am I the landlord of Abuja?'” said Amachree who is reputed for his prowess in grassroots politics.
He stated that those actions, among others underscored their resolution to dump the APC which deceitfully promised to bring what he called a ‘fraudulent change’ to Nigerians.
He added, “I was not convinced by anyone to decamp. No one gave me money and no one lobbied for me and my brothers and sisters to leave the APC.
“PDP was my root and because I was deceived to join the APC, I have retraced my step and I am back home.”
Among those who joined Amachree to the PDP are the APC Assistant Women Leader in Asalga, Vice Chairman of PDP, Hon. Briggs and other Ward Exco members.
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