{"id":54017,"date":"2016-10-24T19:04:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T18:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=54017"},"modified":"2016-10-24T19:04:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T18:04:51","slug":"bribery-allegation-god-will-vindicate-amaechi-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/bribery-allegation-god-will-vindicate-amaechi-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bribery Allegation: God will vindicate Amaechi &#8211; APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has risen<br \/>\nin stout defence of the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike<br \/>\nRotimi Amaechi, dismissing calls for his resignation led by the State<br \/>\nChapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following allegations by<br \/>\nsome recently arrested Judges that he tried to influence their rulings on<br \/>\nsome election petition cases.<\/p>\n<p>Rivers APC in a statement issued <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890170547\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Monday<\/span><\/span> in Port Harcourt and signed by<br \/>\nthe State APC Chairman, Chief (Dr.) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, insisted that<br \/>\nAmaechi is clean and not guilty as charged. \u201cWe are convinced that God,<br \/>\nwho has always fought for Amaechi, will continue to save and strengthen<br \/>\nhim and will once again vindicate him,\u201d the party said.<\/p>\n<p>It lambasted both Rivers PDP, the National PDP and others who have joined<br \/>\nin calling on Amaechi to resign and for his probe based on the allegations<br \/>\nof attempted bribery levelled by some sponsored and drowning judges who<br \/>\nwere looking for a tool to stay afloat as not only vindictive, shameless,<br \/>\nlaughable, mischievous but exposure of a clique that is so desperate to<br \/>\nexpose and express their ignorance and evil plots against a man whom they<br \/>\nsee as the arrowhead that dislodged them from power at the centre. \u201cThese<br \/>\ncalls being championed by the PDP are just the latest manifestation of the<br \/>\nparty\u2019s frustration and fight against Amaechi in retaliation for his role<br \/>\nin dislodging the PDP Government at the centre during the 2015<br \/>\npresidential elections. These useless calls based on the unfounded and<br \/>\nbaseless attempted bribery allegations against the former Rivers State<br \/>\nGovernor and Minister of Transportation confirms our fears and stand that<br \/>\nthe two discredited Justices made these allegations as part of a political<br \/>\nstrategy to destroy APC and run down the political fortunes of this rising<br \/>\nstar. PDP is only acting out its frustration over the key role that<br \/>\nAmaechi played to end the corruption system engineered by the past PDP<br \/>\nadministration at the centre but let us assure the public that this plot<br \/>\nhas already failed before it was hatched because no sound Nigerian will<br \/>\nbuy this lame allegation that have no logical stand,\u201d Rivers APC said.<\/p>\n<p>The party recalled the failed plots by PDP to deny Amaechi the party&#8217;s<br \/>\ngubernatorial ticket he won convincingly in 2007 and the efforts PDP also<br \/>\nmade to ensure that Amaechi was neither screened nor appointed as a<br \/>\nMinister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. \u201cHaving failed to deny him<br \/>\nthe 2007 PDP gubernatorial ticket and to stop his appointment as a<br \/>\nMinister, PDP is now sponsoring some unpatriotic, chronic corrupt and<br \/>\nconfused Judges to start mentioning Amaechi\u2019s name in the hope that doing<br \/>\nso will save them from paying for their heinous crime against the people<br \/>\nof Rivers State and Nigeria as a whole,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing, Rivers APC said: \u201cWe wish to counsel the Justices already<br \/>\narrested for corruption to be men enough and face their trial accordingly<br \/>\nand leave Amaechi alone. Amaechi\u2019s only crime was that he played a<br \/>\nyeoman\u2019s role in the efforts to see to the emergence of the revered<br \/>\nMuhammadu Buhari as the President of Nigeria who, imbued with God\u2019s wisdom<br \/>\nand strength, has launched an uncompromising war against those who looted<br \/>\nour common patrimony who in retaliation are frustrating the economic<br \/>\nrecovery of our dear country by promoting insecurity in our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will like to reiterate unequivocally that Amaechi is not only clean<br \/>\nbut a tool to free Nigeria from the corruption imposed on us by those who<br \/>\nhate our nation. He demonstrated his sagacity and prudence by saving a<br \/>\nwhopping sum of N134.4 billion (Using N168 to $1 as it was in 2014 when<br \/>\nthe contract was first signed under Jonathan&#8217;s Administration) for the<br \/>\nnation by negotiating downwards the planned 1,402km Calabar-Lagos Coastal<br \/>\nRail Project. \u201cRt. Hon. Amaechi has by this singular act demonstrated to<br \/>\nthe entire world that he is one of the Saints in the public service of our<br \/>\ngreat nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As much as we sympathise with PDP in its failed plot and wild chase to<br \/>\nsilence and intimidate Amaechi, let us remind them that Amaechi will never<br \/>\nbe cowed as fighting against him means fighting against God and failure<br \/>\nwill always be their portion but incase they have forgotten so soon,<br \/>\nChibuike means \u201cGod is all Powerful\u201d and \u201cRotimi\u201d an abridged version of<br \/>\n\u201cOluwadurotimi\u201d meaning \u201cthe Lord stands by me\u201d, while Amaechi means \u201cwho<br \/>\nknows <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890170548\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>?\u201d It is, however, in vain that these chronic looters and<br \/>\nenemies of Nigeria are fighting against Amaechi as he is innocent of the<br \/>\ncharges against him and bound to triumph at the end of the day.<\/p>\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>The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has risen in stout defence of the Minister of Transportation, Rt. 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