Today, February 21, 2015, the Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus again danced naked in the market square as he continued on his grossly irresponsible, repugnant and contemptuous, albeit, feckless mission of denigrating and disparaging the person and office of the Governor of Rivers State and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.


Secondus, who sadly represents a tiny but inglorious cabal of desperate and despicable persons from Rivers State that has woefully failed the State and its people, shamelessly told a press conference in Abuja that Governor Amaechi is the main problem of the State, amongst other reckless, spurious allegations.


This is the same Secondus who just a couple of years back, hailed Governor Amaechi as the best thing to happen to Rivers State. The same Secondus who said the State was heading down the hill until Governor Amaechi came to its rescue. To Secondus, Amaechi only became a problem when he boldly and stubbornly refused to open the treasury of Rivers State to the smooth operating Prince and his small cabal of treasury looters to feast on.


Rivers people know that it’s rather Secondus and this PDP cabal that are obviously our problem. They want to return Rivers State and its people to the dark days of the pre – Amaechi era, the dark days of corruption, insecurity, cultism, deplorable or zero infrastructure etc while they loot the treasury of the State. Secondus and this PDP cabal are only interested in converting State funds, State resources for their personal use. Converting our collective resources to their individual wealth.


Contrary to the wild claims of Prince Secondus, Governor Amaechi has never and will never be in alliance with cultists. It is a known fact, nationally and internationally, that when he became Governor in 2007, Amaechi chased away these cultists from Rivers State. Many were arrested and prosecuted. He openly condemned them and their criminal activities that had then ruined the economic, social and political life of the State. How can this same Amaechi now be in bed with the same cultists he condemned, fought, arrested, prosecuted and chased away from Rivers State? That is simply not possible.


It is rather Prince Secondus and the PDP, in their desperation for power that are now using federal might to bring back the cultists to Rivers State to unleash wanton violence on Rivers people like they did this past week in Okrika (Rivers State) during the APC governorship rally for Dakuku Peterside, its gubernatorial candidate. We wish to alert the nation and international community that Prince Secondus’ PDP plot is to use these cultists to harass, intimidate and terrorize Rivers people to vote PDP before and during the elections.


That PDP has failed Rivers State and its people is not in doubt. We urge Rivers people to remain resolute in their resolve to do away with PDP at all levels during the elections while they continue to support and vote the change APC represents.


DAVID IYOFOR

Chief Press Secretary To The Governor Of Rivers State

February 21, 2015


http://governor.riversstate.gov.ng/press/response-to-pdp-deputy-national-chairman-prince-uche-secondus-spurious-allegations-against-rivers-state-governor-rt-hon-chibuike-rotimi-amaechi/

The PDP has suddenly failed the Rivers people?

Amaechi served 8 years under it as a speaker.

And then still served under the PDP as a Governor for over 5 years, and just decamped to the APC about a year ago....

Is this the change?

The broom wavers surely have short memories!

It is on record that b4 Amaechi became the governor of d state, certain parts of Rivers state, like Diobu, Bori, Town Area, Okirika etc are some of the "No Go Areas" in port harcourt and Rivers state . The likes of Tom Ateke were chased out to Okochiri evil forest in Okirika by Rotimi Amaechi. Tom Ateke and Asari Dokubo terrorised Rivers state and its environs. Cult Groups like "Dey Gbam and Dey Well terrorised port harcourt. In Okirika then, we had cult groups like "Ice landers and Bush Boys. With one headed by Tom Ateke and the other by Evans Bipi the now apostle of Patience Jonathan. As Rivers indigenes, we know the truth.