CENTUS NWEZE Reporting
Words out in Portharcourt is that former Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has been thrown out of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Committee, PCC, after allegations that he voted the opposition party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the 2023 presidential election last week.
The former governor has been in a no strange entente with his fellow party men after the emergence of Tinubu, announced by the country’s electoral body as winner of last weekends controversial polls.
Speaking on this, national protocol director of the APC Presidential Campaign Council , PCC and the Coordinator of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Vanguard BATV, Chief Tony Okocha, said that the former Minister of Transportation , Rotimi Amaechi is no longer the leader of APC in Rivers State because he voted for the presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar during the February 25 presidential election in Rivers State.
Chief Okocha spoke to Journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital at a press conference on Sunday, saying that there was no way a person that supported and voted for Atiku against the APC presidential candidate will continue to lead the party in the State.
Chief Okocha said that with his input and support Rivers people gave to Tinubu through the instrumentality of state Governor, Nyesom Wike, the leadership baton of the APC in Rivers State falls on him.
He alleged that APC governorship candidate in Rivers State, Pastor Tonye Cole has never worked or supported Tinubu presidential bid in Rivers State, arguing that there was enough evidence to prove that both Amaechi and APC governorship candidate in Rivers State voted against Tinubu during the presidential election.
“A new Leadership of APC has emerged in Rivers State.
“The governorship candidate of APC started demonstrating disdain to Tinubu long ago.
“Was he not the chairman of PCC?
“Was he able to convene PCC meeting? How will he be on the fringes and I was the one organising APC in the State,” he asked.