2 weeks Ago By Emmanuel Masha
The Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Emeka Beke has accused Chief Tony Okocha, the party’s former Caretaker Committee Chairman of impersonation, noting that despite his removal by the court he continued to parade himself as party Chairman. Beke, who spoke with journalists in Port Harcourt, also claimed that Okocha who as APC Caretaker Chairman received Rt. Hon.
Martins Amaewhule, the factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and 25 other lawmakers into the party could still say that they never defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He said that Okocha can no longer speak on behalf of the APC in the state having being removed by a court of competent jurisdiction, noting that the court’s judgement stands until a superior court rules against it. Beke said:”Ordinarily, as the duly elected executives of the party in Rivers State, we couldn’t have given credence to this litany of no truth statement, but for the reading public who the said Tony Okocha’s antics, could sway very easily by things we considered to be very unreasonable.
“Hence, this rejoinder, to state categorically, that the above-mentioned group of persons can not speak for Rivers State APC. “It is obvious, evident, and on records that in several fora, the said Martin Amaewhule and others publicly defected from the PDP to the APC and they were hosted to a reception ceremony by the said Tony Okocha who claimed to be the then CTC Chairman of Rivers State APC. “Therefore, they can not sheepishly make a U-turn in the midnight and yet be celebrated by the same Tony Okocha, who they are now denying.
What a shame. “It is noteworthy that all the judgments referred to by the impersonators have not been dealt with on the merit of the defection and the declaration of their seats vacant by the then Speaker, Rt Hon Edison Ehie. “And nothing shall by any means restore their status as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Unless the court decides otherwise.” Beke added:”It is worrisome to note that even the faction of the Rivers State PDP led by Wike has not issued any statement concerning the said much celebrated judgment by the said Tony Okocha and his co-travellers, who are on a fishy expedition, which has certainly led them to political extinction. When asked if Governor Siminalayi Fubara is working in Rivers State, the Rivers APC chairman said: “We make bold to say YES.
Since we can not count the numerous developmental projects that are both completed and ongoing, including empowerment and the security of lives and properties, we hereby invite those living outside Rivers State to come and see things for themselves and thereafter, testify. “We further submit that the whole statement made by the impersonators is tantamount to a complete fabrication, fictitious, and absolutely irresponsible without any foundational reason. “It is obvious that Wike, Martin, and others, having realised that they have guffed and in an attempt to right their wrong, little did they know, that they have lost the centre of their gravity while descending from declivity and they precipitated on macadamized thoroughfare.
“We, hereby, urge and advice, the public, particularly the media houses, who are in the habit of addressing the sacked Tony Okocha as the CTC Chairman of APC in Rivers State despite a subsisting court judgment which restrained him, to stop forthwith.”.
