The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State says it has learnt
\nwith shock of the allegation by the factional Chairman of the Peoples
\nDemocratic Party (PDP) in the State, Mr. Felix Obuah, that the Rivers
\nState Government and the APC leadership have a hand in the allege
\nkidnapping of three PDP chieftains and killing of one other person.<\/p>\n
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The abducted men include the Port Harcourt Local Government PDP Chairman,
\nIkechi Chinda; a former member of the House of Representatives
\nrepresenting Port Harcourt Federal Constituency I, Hon Chinyere Igwe; and
\nAlwell Ihunda.<\/p>\n
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In a press statement to NF-Reports on the night of 27 Feb. 2014, by the
\nSenior Special Aide on Media and Public Affairs to the Interim State
\nChairman, APC Rivers State, Chief Eze Chukwumeka Emeka said: \u201cWe consider
\nthis allegation not only very unfortunate but also unbecoming of a fellow
\nwho claims to be a party leader\u201d.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who know the antecedents of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and
\nthe Rivers State Government under his watch can testify to his abhorrence
\nfor violence, including the unholy acts of kidnapping and militancy \u2013 not
\nto talk of murder! It is a well-known fact that the Amaechi administration
\ndid everything humanly possible to eradicate the menace of militancy and
\nkidnapping from Rivers State and that it succeeded in doing so until the
\nlikes of Mr. Obuah came on board promoting both militancy and kidnapping
\nas part of their satanic strategy to make the state ungovernable due to
\ntheir political differences with Amaechi This fact is well known to every
\nkeen follower of events in Rivers State.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is, therefore, diversionary for Mr. Obuah, who played a key role in
\nbringing back insecurity to Rivers State, to turn around to accuse the
\nAmaechi administration in this regard. We urge Mr. Obuh to apologise to
\nGov. Amaechi and Rivers APC leadership within 48 hours or we may feel
\ncompelled to explore legal options available to us in this regard. He
\nshould also assist the police to unravel the circumstances behind the
\nalleged kidnapping and murder since he obviously knows much about these
\ncriminal acts.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cThough this act maybe a ploy to protest the removal of CP Mbu from Rivers
\nState by the PDP faithful seeing that CP Mbu was one of their prized
\nmembers and introduction of the type of Government they intend to run in
\nRivers State if they take over the reins of governance in Rivers State
\ncome 2015 but now that we have come to terms to their level of frustration
\nwe will ensure that such a group will never taste power anymore in Rivers
\nState.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cFinally, let us state unequivocally that neither Rivers APC nor Gov.
\nAmaechi and his administration know anything about the alleged kidnapping
\nand murder. We will never be involved in any act that will bring sorrow to
\neven our greatest political enemy or enemies, not to talk of aiding
\nkidnapping of anybody for whatever reason! We urge the Police to
\ninvestigate Mr. Obuah and find out from him why and how these people were
\nkidnapped as both the Rivers State Government and APC leadership have
\nnothing to do with this\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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