Don’t Instigate Fresh Crisis In Rivers APC, Abe Warns Amaechi

The former Senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District, Magnus Abe, has warned of a looming fresh crisis in the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Abe was reacting to the alleged announcement of the Rivers APC Congress by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.

He warned that Amaechi may instigate another crisis in the Rivers APC after his previous actions allegedly prevented the party from participating in the 2019 general elections.

The Senator, while hosting some social media influencers in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, at the weekend, said his faction of the Rivers APC will not accept the call for congress by Amaechi.

“The Minister of Transportation on assuming office and the first thing he did was to announce congress in Rivers APC. And I ask myself, this was the same kind of behavior that led the party to where it is,” said Abe.

“Everybody in Nigeria knows that the origin of crisis in APC was from the congress and how the congress was handled.

“And now, he’s announcing another congress. What congress is he announcing? Is he the chairman of the party. Is he the National Working Committee of the party, is he the court?

“What kind of a leader grows a party like that. We will not accept that congress.”

Reacting to Abe’s comments,  Amaechi queried why the former senator has started showing early signs of apprehension for the forthcoming congresses of the Rivers APC.

“I addressed my supporters to go home and prepare for congresses, I didn’t give them any date and time, and those are the responsibility of the national secretariat,” the minister said in a statement by his media office.

“Senator Magnus Abe has no reason to be afraid of congress; he should tell his supporters to also prepare for congresses of the party in the state since he says he is very popular. A popular politician should be very happy anytime congress is on the table,” said Amaechi.