Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has distanced himself from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, the state caretaker committee chairman said on Tuesday.
Okocha who was responding to question said: “I have no question to answer. I was Chief of Staff to Rotimi Amaechi, recall that at one point he got into Law School and after one year in Law School he became incommunicado. You are also aware that after the presidential primary election, he disappeared into the tin air.
“So whether he is still a party member or not I wouldn’t know because all the meetings we called, I give you an example of a meeting we called for all the former governors and ministers, he (Amaechi) sent a message to the Secretary of the party and warned him never dare send him a message about the party again.
“So when you meet him ask him where he belongs, for me, I don’t know where he belongs.”
The APC chairman also denied that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike controls the party in Rivers State.
“When I hear this I laugh because Wike is a member of PDP, an unrepentant PDP. We are APC here. Will anybody suggest that because Mr. Wike is a minister under our government of APC we should be at dagger with him?
“Wike didn’t attend our meeting, I have briefed you here, we have held meetings of stakeholders, but Wike was never there. So at what point does he influence APC in Rivers State? His influence, as much as you know, is because he is a minister under an APC government, so we can’t be in enmity with him. But to say that he influences us, how? What does it do, he pays our bills? Or does he attend our meetings? The answer is no.”
