<\/p>\n
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi has refuted insinuations that he
\nspent money belonging to the State to fund the All Progressives Congress
\nAPC, and challenged those who made the claims to provide proof.<\/p>\n
Amaechi spoke at the flag off of the APC 2015 gubernatorial campaign in
\nPort Harcourt City Local Government Area held at the Liberation stadium.<\/p>\n
He said the APC is a big party and is not the responsibility of any state.
\n\u201cI will tomorrow reply my critics who are accusing me of using State money
\nto fund APC. APC is a big party that can fund itself. The Rivers State
\nGovernment cannot fund APC. And if you people say I am not corrupt,
\nwhere am I getting the money to fund APC?<\/p>\n
\u201cMy own friend, my brother, Tonye Princewill, you know he is a young boy,
\nalways crying, always. Let him show evidence of my funding APC. Let him
\nshow evidence of the private account that I opened and I paid the money.
\nTonye Princewill should reason like all of us who are graduates of the
\nUniversity of Port Harcourt. Uniport Graduates will not make accusations
\nwithout bringing evidence. But he is my friend, Tonye is my friend and
\nbrother, I will not deny him, but the election is between we and them and
\nwe believe we will win,\u201d Amaechi said.<\/p>\n
Presenting to the public the governorship candidate of the APC in the
\nstate, Dr. Dakuku Peterside and his running mate, Honourable Asita,
\nGovernor Amaechi urged Rivers people to vote for the APC governorship
\ncandidate and ensure continued development in the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have introduced to you Dakuku Adol Peterside and Honourable Asita. Most
\nof you don\u2019t know that his name is Honourable Asita. When you go to vote,
\nyou will not see their names but you will see their broom and you will see
\nAPC. The story all over Port Harcourt is \u2018Governor Amaechi, you have done
\nwell, show us your successor\u2019. I have shown you now my successor,\u201d he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He slammed the ruling People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) at the centre for
\npoor performance, adding that Gen. Muhamadu Buhari of the APC would make a
\nbetter President.<\/p>\n
He also criticized President Goodluck Jonathan for failure to promote
\ninfrastructural facilities in the South-South geopolitical zone, saying
\nthat it was leaders from other parts of Nigeria who brought infrastructure
\nto the South-South.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe road to Bonny is a federal government road, it is abandoned. It was
\nstarted by Gen. Obasanjo, Gen. Obasanjo is not from Rivers State, he is
\nnot a South-South person. He is from Ogun State even though he is a
\nprogressive, nationalistic Nigerian. He is patriotic and a nationalist
\nand he is a Nigerian and he came here and started a road project, it is
\nabandoned. The East-West road\u2026can you go to Eleme again? The road is
\nabandoned. They say they will commission it in December, they have not
\ncommissioned it yet,\u201d Amaechi said.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the APC governorship candidate, Hon. Dakuku Peterside unveiled
\nhis action plan stating that his administration if elected would ensure
\nsecurity and promote massive job employment, wealth creation and attract
\ninvestment to the state.<\/p>\n
He also pledged to follow in the footsteps of Governor Amaechi whom he
\ndescribed as a great, courageous and visionary leader.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the Special grace of God, on the 29th of May, 2015, when an APC
\ngovernor is sworn in, we will move into action immediately. We will build
\na safe Rivers. The first pillar is security, rule of law, transparency in
\nconduct of government affairs. Our leader, the Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi
\nAmaechi at the inception of his government put in place proper security
\narchitecture. He injected a security infrastructure and of course you
\nnotice that after some years we had problem with our internal security
\nwhen those bent on destroying Rivers State decided to use federal powers
\nto destroy what we have in Rivers State because they don\u2019t want
\ndevelopment in our state, they want development in other states. We will
\ntake our security back. We will improve on it,\u201d Peterside stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will spend money to build that security infrastructure that will help
\nus become the safest state in the whole of Nigeria. If we want investment
\nto flow to this state, if we want productivity to peak, if we want to
\ncreate wealth, the first thing we must do is to ensure that this state is
\nsafe for people to live in and do business,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He also assured the people that he would be transparent and obey the rule
\nof law.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Rivers APC welcomed some defectors from the ruling PDP led
\nby Lolo Tamunonemi Ibienye. They indicated lack of internal party
\ndemocracy in the PDP as their reason for switching their membership to the
\nAPC.<\/p>\n
The defectors were members of the Rivers Mainstream Coalition that
\nsupported rotational governorship in the State.<\/p>\n
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