Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has refuted claims that Rotimi Amaechi, a former minister of transport, is working against President Bola Tinubu and the party in the state.
Eze also refuted claims that Amaechi had instructed residents of the state to support Atiku Abubakar, a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 elections.
The APC leader claimed in a statement on Friday that people criticising Amaechi are just engaging in politics of smear campaigns in response to accusations made by Tony Okocha, a different party leader in Rivers State, during a recent visit to the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje.
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The former minister never instructed his supporters to act against Tinubu before to the 2023 elections, he continued, and there is no agreement between Amaechi and Atiku.
Okocha was no longer an APC member, thus he was unable to have information on the party’s internal workings, Eze continued.
He said that Okocha and his allies started the present media skirmishes because Ganduje refused to back their intentions to launch smear campaigns against Amaechi and the mainstream Rivers APC state executive.
“Okocha and his team were disappointed when Abdullahi Ganduje cautioned them not to heat the polity and allow the leadership of the party at the central work out modalities to calm frayed nerves and resolve every issue affecting the party in the state before delving into constituting another party structure in the state,” he said.
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