Wike lavishly Celebrate with Brandy after Amaechi Loses SGF Position

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) has alleged a gang-up against former Governor
Chibuike Amaechi by some powerful forces in the State
desperate to ensure that he does not get appointed into the
cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari.
"These retrogressive forces led by the State Caretaker
Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, are so afraid of the shadow
of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi that they are willing to go to
any length to ensure that he is not accommodated in
President Buhari's cabinet. They have for months mounted
a relentless campaign of calumny against the person of
Amaechi, thus biting the finger that once fed them. This is
not only shameful but also a clear sabotaging of the
greater interests of Rivers State,"
the State APC Chapter said in a statement issued on
Tuesday in Port Harcourt and signed by its Chairman, Dr.
Davies Ibiamu Ikanya.
The party said it learnt with shock of how Chief Wike
reportedly ordered a trailer-load of his favourite brandy,
Louis XIII of which a bottle costs N1.7m, to celebrate the
non-appointment of Amaechi as the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF) by President Buhari
and that he has set up a committee to bribe and influence
the Senate to reject Amaechi in case President Buhari
nominates him as a Minister.
"We wish to advise Wike, who is well known for his
corruptive tendencies, to desist and stop trying to play God.
We are confident that he can never constitute a stumbling
block to Amaechi if President Buhari wishes to nominate
him to render service to his fatherland in any capacity,"
Rivers APC said.
The party equally berated those who have been sponsoring
stories claiming that Amaechi was so shocked by his non-
appointment as SGF that he took off for London to get
himself together. "Funny enough, Amaechi was in Port
Harcourt to witness the formal commissioning ceremony of
a church," Rivers APC said.
The party described the efforts to rubbish and diminish
Amaechi as an exercise in futility as nobody will deny the
fact that he played a pivotal role in sacking the corrupt
regime of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and installing the current
government at the centre, thus making him a hero of
Nigeria's modern democracy.
The statement urged Amaechi to be steadfast in his support
for the administration of. President Buhari which he put his
life at risk to make possible, while urging the party's
supporters and admirers of Amaechi "to exercise patience
and allow President Buhari to conclude his appointments
before we can pass any valid judgment."
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze
SSA Media and Public Affairs to the
State Chairman, APC Rivers State