The All Progressives Congress ( APC ),Friday said that the witch-hunt and sponsored probe against Rotimi Amaechi, was to shut him out of political space, which he said is impossible.
This was stated by the state Deputy Chairman of the APC, Prince Peter Odike, while addressing the press at the APC Secretariat in Port Harcourt,
According to Odike, the commission of inquiry set up by Wike and the petition to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Amaechi were all orchestrated by the PDP and their cronies to deny Amaechi’s appointment from President Buhari’s administration.
The party said Amaechi, as the chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, resisted the pressure mounted by some unpatriotic elements backed by the former President, Goodluck Jonathan to control the resource of the state.
The Rivers APC deputy chairman also alleged that PDP’s plans to politically pull down Amaechi was intensified in August when they realised that President Buhari was expected to name members of the Federal Executive Council and other strategic appointments.
“I am calling on the elders, young men and women of Rivers State and indeed the Niger Delta Region to rise in union and to tell these few actors represented by the current occupants of the Brick House especially PDP in the state that the sound of their drums is of war.
“They want to shut out Amaechi out of political space but they can’t because their plans are evil. Their actions are becoming inimical to the progress in Rivers State. They are not happy that Amaechi fought the political battle of his life to ensure Buhari’s victory at the poll.