RIVERS State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has asked the on supporters of the All Progressives Congress to vote out the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
Amaechi, who made this call during a New Year visit to inaugurate 100 motorcycles to flag off the registration of APC members in the Tai Local Government Area, explained that one of the reasons for his defection from the PDP to the APC was the non-implementation of the UN Environment Programme by the Federal Government.
The governor told party supporters that it was wrong for the Federal Government to deprive the people of Ogoni from receiving their compensation even when they could not enjoy a habitable environment.
He said, “On the day of the election in 2015, I want you to support the All Progressive Congress, vote out PDP and you will get the implementation of the UNEP report.
“In the 2011 elections, Tai people were among those who voted President Goodluck Jonathan into office and we have nothing to show for it as dividends of democracy. The only way you can pay back PDP is to vote out the party.
“PDP has the police to intimidate us, but, I tell you as a people, in a democracy, power belongs to the people to choose their leaders.
“So, you must protect the Rivers interest because we have suffered much in the hands of PDP. We all must therefore defend the interest of All Progressives Congress.”
Amaechi said that the Federal Government did not care about the people of the state.
He said, “As a governor of the state, I played a vital role in ensuring that potable water was provided for Eleme and Gokana people.
“Why must our people continue to suffer this neglect and deprivation despite several attempts to remind the Federal Government to effect the immediate implementation of the UNEP report?”
But the chairman of the PDP in the state, Mr. Felix Obuah, dismissed Amaechi’s call on the people to vote out the party in 2015, saying that PDP would remain the ruling party in the state in 2015.
Obuah, who spoke in a telephone interview with The PUNCH on Thursday, vowed that the PDP would win the APC even in Amaechi’s ward in any election and maintained that the governor had no followers.
“Has Amaechi won any election before? Does he know how elections are won? He should not talk too much and wait till election period. The PDP will win even in Amaechi’s ward,” he said.
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