The People’s Democratic party in Rivers State, has denied claims by two members of the All Progressives Congress that its chairman, Desmond Akawor is working with Sen. Magnus Abe to cause crises in the party.
Two men had in a viral video, over the weekend, claimed to be loyalists to Sen. Abe who were invited to a meeting with the Rivers PDP chairman, Amb. Desmond Akawor at the residence of a chieftain of the APC, Worgu Boms on how to continue the crises rocking the party.
However, in a swift response, Publicity secretary of the PDP in Rivers State, Sydney Tambari dismissed the claims, describing it as “false story.”
According to him, the false story was planned to embarrass the PDP chairman, adding that the PDP has no business with the Rivers APC.
His statement reads,
RE: Rivers APC Press Conference,Rivers PDP Dismisses Claims By Some APC Members That Amb. Akawor Is Hobnobbing With The Abe’s Faction To Fuel Crises.
The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been drawn to a Press Conference addressed by two unknown individuals who claimed to be members of the All Progressives Congress, APC from ward 7 in Asari-Toru local government area and ward 4 in Opobo/Nkoro LGA respectively. The two misguided hungry-looking charlatans in the video that is viral on the media, tried putting up a concocted story of how they and other members of their Party were invited to a meeting in Barr.Nwogu Boms residence in Port Harcourt, where they were asked to sign an affidavit to join the Suit instituted by Senator Magnus Abe’s faction asking for the nullification of the State, Local Government and ward Congresses held in the State few months ago, accusing the faction of the APC loyal to The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi of hijacking the congress materials and not allowing them (Abe’s Faction) to participate in the exercise.
The miscreants also claimed to have met the State Chairman of PDP Amb.Desmond Akawor in the meeting, who addressed them on how to go about the case so that APC will not be on the ballot paper in the forth coming General elections in 2023.While it is not the business of the PDP to meddle into the private business of the APC, the mere mention of the name of the Chairman of our great party, the PDP made it imperative for us to respond.
It is unfortunate that since the inception of the APC’s irreconcilable crises about four years ago, it has always been pointing of accusing fingers at the PDP, however, when we had our own share of internal crises we always resolved it amicably, without looking for who to blame. There is a saying that a drowning man would always look for who to grap so that they could drown together. This is exactly what is happening in the APC whose members now go from pillar to post desperately looking for who to blame for its self inflicted wounds.
We believe that this false story of a meeting between the Senator Magnus Abe’s group and the PDP Chairman in Rivers State, Ambassador Desmond Akawor was wilfuly and maliciously planned to embarrass the person of the PDP Chairman. The PDP has the irresistible belief that the Press Conference was staged ostensibly to smear his hard earned character, otherwise one would have wondered as to how those hungry looking, unkempt figures were able to bankroll such a press conference involving four national television stations and other top national dailies in far away Abuja if not sponsored by their pay master, who has not attracted any thing meaningful to the State that can better the lives of Rivers Youth, but rather choise to keep them impoverished so that they can be at his beck and call to the extend that they won’t mind mortgaging their conscience to do his bidding just for a pot of porrigde.
No right thinking persons will give into such gimmicks. Note also that the spurious and unfounded allegation has no evidence to substantiate it by those hired insignificant elements.They should understand that they need to work smarter to be able to malign and discredit the character and person of Amb.Desmond Akawor who has distinguished himself nationally and internationally. Thus,this helliest lies and wantom blackmail is dead on arrival. Rivers people are wiser to deciper falsehood from the truth.
The PDP, sees the unending crises rocking the APC as unfortunate and an embarrassement to the State, because Rivers People are known to be warn and hospitable, but those in the APC are portraying us otherwise. We want to for the umpteenth time,sound it loud and clear for those who care to listen, that the PDP has no hand in the imbroglio between the two factions of the APC in the State.They should understand that the days when such cheap blackmail festered in the public domain are gone.
The APC factions in Rivers State have shown that they still have a long way to go in their lingering crises. If the Amaechi faction of the APC has problems with the Senator Abe’s faction, the honourable thing to do is look for amicable avenue to resolve the impasse rather than trying to rope in, or falsely involve PDP leaders who are preoccupied with building a solid and united party.
Recall that we had already raised the alarm that in the build-up to the 2023 General elections, the APC will overheat the polity with falsehoods, unsubstantiated and malicious propaganda in an attempt to confuse the people. We have seen several of these attemps lately and this is another of such moves. But, let’ it be known that their continued stock in blackmail would do them no good. We apoeal to the APC to channell its energy towards finding a common ground to resolve their crises,or better still drop their pride and over bloated ego and consult PDP leaders in the State to tutor them on internal crisis management.
PDP, is not afraid to face the APC, in the forth coming general election in 2023, that will warrant it to initiate moves to destabilise them, so that they will not be on the ballot. As a Party, we have oiled our machineries in readiness to give them a run for their money in 2023, after all, we have seen them storm the State with all manner of Federal mights in previous elections, but ended up going back to Abuja in utter disappointments. We also have witnessed chanting of war songs, threatening fire and brime stone, yet we defeated them woefully, back to back. All what they have to offer is maiming and killing our youths in cold blood without an aota of remorse. Except they are planning to come in 2023 with the US marines or the American Seals, what else can they do because we have tasted all their bitter pills and it has emboldened and strengthened our resolve to stand with PDP and save our State.
We therefore call on the good people of the state to discountenance the concocted lies dished to embarrass the person of the PDP Chairman, to hookwink unsuspecting members of the public with a view to attracting sympathy and attention.We also encourage the State Party Chairman to continue with his good works in the Party and not to be deterred by the activities of nay sayers whose aim is to distract him from moving the Party forward through their smear campaign of calumny.
