A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tony Okocha has stated that the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi cannot zone the party’s governorship ticket to the riverine area of the state.
Okocha is a member of the Senator Magnus Abe camp of the party said that Amaechi, cannot decide where the next governor of the state will come from.
Okocha, a former Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, during Amaechi’s reign as governor, said this at the inauguration of the Obio/Akpor LGA chapter of a political pressure group, the Rivers Voice of Freedom (RVF).
He said no individual had the responsibility to zone the party’s governorship’s sole ticket to any zone of the state.
“Well, he spoke his mind; he didn’t speak the mind of the party. I don’t think he spoke for the APC. He spoke as an individual,” he said.
“Just like the Southern Governors that want the Presidency to come to the South and people from the North are kicking against it, that is the Honourable Minister’s opinion. It has nothing to do with Rivers people,” he added.
President General of RVF, Dominic Dumekpigi said the group is poised to right the wrongs of the APC that denied her members the opportunity to participate in the 2019 elections in the state.
