Chief Andrew Uchendu |
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers
State, Chief Andrew Uchendu, has described the leader of the party in the
state, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as his God.
Uchendu was recently declared the winner of the Rivers East
senatorial election by the state election tribunal.
The APC chieftain, who made this remark during the unity
rally/thanksgiving organised by the Obio/Akpor LGA caucus leader, Mr. Chikordi
Dike, on Sunday, said no Rivers son had contributed more to his (Uchendu) life
than Amaechi, who is also the Minister of Transportation.
Uchendu said, “There is no Rivers son that has made the kind
of contribution Rotimi Amaechi has made in my life. Wike said Amaechi behaves
like a God, but the Bible said man is God to man.
“If Amaechi has been the instrument of elevation and
empowerment of many young people who were at the grassroots and now in the
highest level of political career, is he not their God? And if he has helped
people who testify as we are testifying today, for me, Amaechi is my God.
“I must congratulate the new leadership of Obio/Akpor caucus
and other caucuses from different LGAs. Looking at the crowd here today, it
shows that the house is settled for a serious business in 2019.
“By recovering my mandate, Rivers people now have an
alternative voice. The truth is in the recorded memory in the political
development of the Ikwerre ethnic nationality.
“Don’t forget when Obio/Akpor people said they were not
going to accept Nyesom Wike for his second tenure as the chairman of the
council, Amaechi went on his knees at the residence of the late Eric Asor at
Elelewon and pleaded on behalf of Wike to be given a second chance.
“And finally the people accepted, from chairman to chief of
staff and then minister; how else can a man be a god to man?”
Meanwhile, the state chapter of the APC has insisted that
there is no disunity among its members.
The state APC also dismissed claims in some quarters that there
was a crack in the APC following the dissolution of the party’s caucuses across
the state by its leader and Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.
News Credit: PUNCH.NG
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