The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a statement issued on Thursday in Port Harcourt described the statement credited to Mr. Felix Obuah the Rivers State PDP commending Governor Wike for a fraudulent attempt to dupe Rivers State people by claiming to embark upon reconstruction of nonexistent 175 public schools as most unfortunate.APC also said ,member of the party decamped to PDP inNdoni, Ogba/Egbema Local Government.
The party said in the statement signed by the Chairman, Chief (Dr.) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya that PDP statement is nothing but demonstration of falsehood aimed at misleading the public in PDP characteristic style. The party reiterated that Wike is a disaster so far the governance of Rivers State is concerned. Instead of building on the legacies of his mentor, benefactor and predecessor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, he prefers to destroy all that Amaechi suffered to build for a better and greater Rivers State.
Ikanya said “Wike in his drive to destroy the educational sector of Rivers State has stopped the scholarship of over 2,000 students both within and outside Nigeria initiated by the administration of Amaechi for reasons only known to him. He stopped the payment of the salaries of over 13,000 teachers employed by the Amaechi’s administration because as he claims some of these Teachers are Ibos.
The party noted with sadness that Mr. Obuah can’t claim that he doesn’t know that Wike has stopped paying the salaries of Teachers in Rivers State for the past six months after closing over 100 public schools in the State that he feels belong to APC supporters or associates. Obuah and his fellow clowns in PDP forgot so soon that Governor Wike in demonstration of his disdain for improvement of education sector in Rivers State abandoned the model schools built by Amaechi’s administration. What has Wike not done to prove that he is a total disaster in the politics of Rivers State?
The Rivers APC chairman said “Obuah and some of his misguided fellows spewing falsehoods in Rivers State and adoption of lies, forgery and blackmail as means of governance forgot so soon that Governor Wike for reasons best known to him refused to use the modern schools constructed by Amaechi which was rated as the best in the country so that he can resort to reconstruct imaginary schools that are nowhere in existence so that he can dupe and misuse the public funds without any budgetary provision.
He said also that foor Obuah to claim ignorance of some of the feats particularly on the area of education by the erstwhile Governor of Rivers State and incumbent Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotoimi Amaechi, is to us exhibition and public showcase of ignorance and attempt to mis-present facts before the public.
The party sympathised with Mr. Felix Obuah whom it said has “decided to blackmail Wike’s administration by making worthless statements and deliberately turning the garden city of Port Harcourt to city of Dustbin and garbage in his capacity as the Chairman of Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) that resulted in the recent over-flooding in Rivers State but we can assure him that nemesis will soon catch up with him and all those that have turned our State to Rivers of Blood.
In the same vein, the party dismissed the claims that some APC members decamped to the dying PDP from Ndoni, Ogba/Egbema Local Government as no member of our party can take the suicidal step of joining a party that turned our State into Rivers of Blood and is on its way out from the Brick House come 2019. This claim, the party said, indicates that Obuah needs help.
