The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers state has dismissed calls made by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, for a public debate with Governor Chibuike Amaechi over the purchase of an aircraft by the Rivers State Government describing it as laughable and done in bad taste. The ruling party equally questioned what ambiguity there was in the explanations by the state Honourable Commissioner for Information and Communications on the issue.
In a quick reaction to ACN’s call, the PDP through its State Publicity Secretary, George Ukwuoma-Nwogba, stated that explanations made by the state government were not ambiguous as claimed by the ACN, expressing shock that a party that contested for the governorship of the state few months back could degenerate into an apparently, incurable state of amnesia to the extent it is unable to remember facts of a statement made only few days ago.
“How could ACN have thrown such a challenge at Governor Chibuike Amaechi when facts of the ACN-concocted controversy have been clarified? Would the governor be debating with whom? Does the ACN in Rivers state still have members except the so-called spokesman who has been on the knees to re-join the ruling party? The challenge is nothing but a last ditched attempt by a desperate politician to arm-twist Governor Amaechi and the ruling party to a quick acceptance of his pleas for re-admission. But the governor and the PDP in Rivers state will not succumb to such antics. Such tricks would collapse in the face of its players.”
Continuing, the PDP wondered why blackmail, falsehood and deceit have become ACN’s daily routine.
“The PDP had considered the ACN a serious party but its penchant for blackmail and mischief has exposed it to Rivers state people as unworthy of any commitment to their welfare.”
The fact of the matter is that the Rivers State Government sold-off two of its aircrafts, one, a DASH 8 early in 2011 and the second, an 8-year-old Embraer jet was put up for sale in 2012.
“What is ambiguous about this?” the PDP had asked.
The PDP said ACN’s accusation Governor Amaechi did not follow due process smacks turning the truth face-down considering the governor’s knack for due process.
“It would be too soon for ACN to forget that until Governor Amaechi came into office, there no statutory apparatus for due process. Some time ago, the ACN in its Janus-face attitude, raised false alarm the Administration was delaying implementation of contracts over its due process policy. The same party now cries wolf where there was none, a pack of lies in character and content.
The PDP berated the ACN for its consistent disrespect for the Office of the Governor, saying that the people of the state are satisfied with the purchase of the aircraft and explanations by their government.
“ACN should purge itself of hypocrites in its midst masquerading as leaders, re-build its dilapidated membership and pursue true democratic path if it must be taken seriously,” the PDP concluded.
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