States controlled by APC are beginning to take measures to checkmate the desperation of the Presidency to take out their governors with a view to giving President Goodluck Jonathan an undue advantage in 2015.
25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, loyal to Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has formally declared for the ruling party in Rivers State, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking during a session, House Leader, Hon. Chidi Lloyd, said they had ceased to be members of the PDP, adding that further correspondence to them should bear the APC.
In his words: “The 25 pro-Amaechi lawmakers have asked me to declare our formal defection to All Progressives Congress. Henceforth, 25 of us should be referred to as All Progressives Congress members. We are telling the world today that we are all members of APC.”
Responding to their defection, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Otelemaba Dan-Amachree, requested his colleagues to in accordance with the law document their decision.
Meanwhile, one of the pro-Amaechi lawmakers, Hon. Golden Chioma, who was kidnapped by gunmen in the state last week has been freed by his captors. He regained his freedom after about one week in captivity.
Hon Chioma’s release on Wednesday morning came less than 24hours after the seventh Legislative Assembly, in a motion of urgent attention, appealed to the suspected kidnappers to free him unhurt.
Chief of Staff to Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Hon. Tony Okocha, has declared that the alleged moves by some forces operating from Abuja to use six members of the Rives State House of Assembly to impeach the governor will not succeed.
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