Rivers PDP asks Amaechi not to resign over Lagos-Calabar rail project controversy

Rivers state PDP has asked the former governor
of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, not to heed the
call of members of the National Assembly to
resign or tender an unreserved apology, over the
Lagos-Calabar rail project controversy. In a
statement signed by the party's chairman, Felix
Obuah, Rivers PDP called on Amaechi to remain
in office so he can show the world how badly
behaved he is. PDP in its statement said
Amaechi had boasted of bringing Buhari into
office and that he was in government to recoup
all the money he spent on Buhari's campaign.
Read the statement after the cut..
We believe it’s rather too early to begin
to quarrel with Rotimi Amaechi or call for
his resignation when he is yet to fix the
Nigeria he promised would be changed
by his new found love, the almighty APC
in matter of months. Again, Amaechi
remains our beloved son who said he
single-handedly sponsored and made His
Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President
and he is yet to recoup the billions of
Rivers money he invested into the
project. Amaechi also said he planned to
construct the controversial Lagos-Calabar
rail line modernization project to
empower the APC members in the South-
South. This lofty dream will not be
actualized if he resigns now. Though the
National Assembly members may feel
hurt by Amaechi’s ingratitude after it had
accepted to deliberate over the later
included supplementary budget which he
later went public to claim was contained
in the original budget proposal, thereby
portraying the federal lawmakers as
partial and discriminatory, the main
reason for Amaechi’s mischief was to
create the impression that he has the
interest of the South/South people at
heart which is a fallacy. I am happy that
Amaechi has carried his antics of setting
brother against brother to the very
Senate that screened and confirmed his
ministerial appointment. I want the
lawmakers to use same to reflect on all
the submissions by not only the PDP, but
also the people, the civil society and
concerned citizens etc, before they went
on to confirm his (Amaechi) appointment
despite several allegations of corruption
and breaches of the Rule of law by
Amaechi. This is the kind of falsehood,
mischief and misrepresentation we have
been contending with, from Chibuike
Amaechi which his allies and the All
Progressives Congress, APC have
continued to deny and good a thing, he is
now exhibiting same character to his
appointees and this is just the beginning.
The issue is not whether or not Amaechi
should resign as a minister or tender
apology to the National Assembly, but
this should serve as an eye opener and a
pointer to the crisis he (Amaechi)
instigated in Rivers State that brought
about the panel of inquiry that indicted
him of a myriad of alleged corrupt
practices and fraudulent engagements
while he served as governor in Rivers
State for eight solid years. We have said
it times without number that Amaechi
cannot change his true colour under
President Buhari and must remain a cog
in the wheel of progress. His early
resignation will hardly free the APC
members and the unrepentant Amaechi
apologists from the world of theories
which is not good for the country. The
taste of the pudding they say, is in the
eating, while experience remains the best
teacher. Please let Amaechi be!".