The former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has made allegations against Rotimi Amaechi, the former Transportation Minister.
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Okocha claims that Amaechi is planning to gain control of the party in the state with the intention of opposing President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
Okocha has expressed his determination to prevent Amaechi and his associate, Emeka Beke, from undermining Tinubu’s influence.
His remarks were made during a discussion with journalists in Abuja following a court ruling that removed his committee on August 15th.
A High Court in Port Harcourt had invalidated the Okocha-led caretaker committee and reinstated Emeka Beke as the APC Chairman.
However, Okocha said: “We imagine how a person of low academic qualifications can preside over a meeting that some of us would attend but the APC leader then said they wanted somebody who had a street boy mentality.
“But the truth was that he wanted a surrogate, a stooge who would do his bidding. We fought but the APC leader was then a minister and his vestiges were here as leaders of the party.
“At the presidential primaries of the APC, Beke was the person who led the Rivers delegation of 56 delegates to vote for Rotimi Amaechi. That was how they scored 56 from the state.
“There is an intention to throw up Amaechi’s man and then he (Amaechi) becomes the APC leader and then uses the APC to fight Mr President in 2027. We will never allow that.”
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