{"id":27948,"date":"2014-06-15T18:41:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T17:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=27948"},"modified":"2014-06-15T19:21:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T18:21:17","slug":"apc-convention-how-gov-amaechi-was-dumped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/apc-convention-how-gov-amaechi-was-dumped\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Convention: How  Gov Amaechi was dumped."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governor Rotimi Amaechi is definitely not a happy man today, if what happened at the All Progressive Congress&#8217; (APC) convention \u00a0in Abuja is anything to go by. He expressed his feelings to a close confidant in three words &#8221; I feel betrayed&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Rivers state Governor who saw the APC as a platform where he could prop his political profile, found himself dumped by his men because they think he is all air no substance.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amaechi had been the tool used by the APC Governors to attack President Goodluck Jonathan. For several months after he switched camps, he used every available fora to attack Jonathan and shower accolades on his new found \u00a0&#8216;family&#8217;. At a point they went on \u00a0dramatic solidarity visit to Port Harcourt, where they heaped garbage on the President<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the party did not last. Shortly after the convention Amaechi had no choice but to express disappointment because all his \u00a0APC friends \u00a0promised him came to zero.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Initially he was promised the Vice President&#8217;s slot, and told he could run alongside Aminu Tambuwal. But the equation changed when people like Atiku Abubakar joined the race.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a source &#8221; Of course they did promise him \u00a0the Vice Presidential ticket in the forth coming election with a condition to sell the party and make President Jonathan unpopular. The initial arrangement was to pair him \u00a0with Hon. Tambuwal (Speaker of House of Representatives) . But when other entrants like Atiku and others entered the party,everything changed.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later he was told the chairmanship slot would be zoned to the south-south zone. At that time, they had Tom Ikimi and John Oyegun as interested members from that zone. But Amaechi wanted Sam Jaja on the list as well.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amaechi approached Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole and others to help him push for Sam Jaja as deputy national chairman (south) but that failed as well because Bola Tinubu ensured the spot went to Segun Oni of Ekiti state.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the zoning of the VP and Deputy National chairman (south) slots given to South west, Amaechi&#8217;s game plan failed on both fronts.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a source \u00a0&#8220;Adam&#8217;s quietly told him \u00a0&#8220;My brother, I know the bad name they have called you in the South-South and Rivers in particular. Again, I sympathize with you because I know how much you have put-in in APC, this Yoruba and Hausa people can&#8217;t be trusted, they said you couldn&#8217;t build the APC in Rivers State and that only 95,633 out of the 1.3 million membership you claimed have passport photographs. That everything was doctored by you&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After it was clear that he would not get the VP slot because Bola Tinubu wanted it given to the South West zone, Amaechi pushed for the deputy national chairmanship slot. \u00a0 Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa \u00a0 pleaded with him \u00a0to take the position of the deputy \u00a0National chairman(south) of the \u00a0party, that it will be zoned to the South- South.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amaechi did not give up, said the source &#8221; \u00a0he \u00a0 initiated a platform for the 16 APC governors to talk in Port-Harcourt last week. And in that meeting, the 13 governors and their deputies that were in attendance reassured him \u00a0that he will be given the deputy \u00a0national chairmanship (south) slot, that is he would present Sam Jaja&#8221; .<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to our source &#8220;he is very disappointed \u00a0he felt used and dumped. He feels betrayed&#8221;<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Rotimi Amaechi is definitely not a happy man today, if what happened at the All Progressive Congress&#8217; (APC) convention \u00a0in Abuja is anything to go by. 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