How Ameachi Shut Down Port-Harcourt For APC As Buhari, Atiku, Others Urge Rivers People To Vote Out PDP

Port Harcourt city, espe­cially communities along the Port Harcourt Inter­national Airport Road came to a standstill on Saturday for sever­al hours following a mega rally organized by the All Progres­sives Congress(APC), Rivers State chapter.

The rally, which was held at the Chief Adokiye Amiesimaka Sports Stadium, Igwuruta in the Greater Port Harcourt, was to mark the 7th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court judg­ment in October 25, 2007, which brought Governor Chibuike Roti­mi Amaechi, to power, thereby, closing the chapter of K-leg saga.

As early as 6am, APC sup­porters from all the 23 local gov­ernment areas of the state, had started arriving the venue of the event, donning T-shirts of dif­ferent colours, with pictures of notable members of the party, like Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubarkar, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, among others. The stadium was filled to capacity, while thousands of members, who could not gain entry into the arena were seen standing outside.

In his speech, Governor Amae­chi said the mammoth crowd wit­nessed at the rally was to prove President Goodluck Jonathan wrong, that APC in Rivers State is not existing only on billboards as he claimed in PDP rally in Edo State. He said: “I am here to test my popularity. They have made too much noise. The President says we exist only on posters and billboards. So, we brought a large billboard for him. If the President is not watching (the rally) they will give him situation report.

This stadium is 40,000 sitting capacity; I built it. It was built by me. One of them campaigning for governorship was the contractor to do the roads. He abandoned the roads and took N3 billion and left. Now, he wants to be governor. A thief will not be our governor. “I challenge them to an integrity test. Any of them from Abuja to Rivers State, I challenge them to an integrity test. I have worked with them; I have their records and they (records) are in the Of­fice of the Governor.”

“I challenge any of them to performance. In 50 years, all the state governments put together plus council chairmen; they built six classroom blocks. We have developed 715 megawatts of elec­tricity, but the problem is Federal Government allowing us to dis­tribute electricity.

We were to give Port Harcourt water; as I am talking to you to­day, the Minister of Finance has refused to move the file again back to Executive Council for ap­proval so that you can have water. They don’t care for you; they want you to die of water-borne diseas­es. Punish them with your votes; punish PDP with your votes. He (Jonathan) is our son, why can’t we have water.”

“The problem we have is that the EFCC is no longer working. Corruption is at its industrial scale. Thieves are thieves because we now have an industry called corruption. They said the reason why the President is not perform­ing in Rivers State is because, he is quarrelling with the governor of Rivers State. Okay, what is the quarrel between the Governor of Akwa Ibom and the Governor of Cross River that the road from Akwa Ibom to Cross River is abandoned. Are they quarrelling too? It is more of lack of perfor­mance”

“So, if the President says it is because he is quarrelling with me, was he quarrelling with me in 2012? When he took our oil wells, was he quarrelling with me? He (Jonathan) took our oil wells in Kalabari areas. He took the whole of Soku; he went to Etche; he took 41 oil wells and he wants Etche people to vote for him. I am wait­ing for the election.

He wants Kalabari people to vote for him. This is to show you that he doesn’t care. Even the Riv­erine people, he says he won’t give them governor that they should go to hell.

Today when the President spoke in Benin, he spoke in a sta­dium that was less than 20,000. When TAN held their rally in Port Harcourt, they held it at the 16,000 capacity stadium and this was a South-South rally. The rally in Be­nin was South-South; the rally in Port Harcourt was South-South. This one (APC mega rally) is Port Harcourt rally.” He urged Rivers people to embrace APC and vote out PDP in 2015 general elections.

‘So, APC is the solution to pro­tect our interest. We must go there to vote out the PDP. It is not about our son. They tell you that you should not vote for these people because they are Hausa people; they are Muslims.

‘But the refinery in Rivers was built and commissioned by Ta­fawa Balewa; he is a northerner. Shagari started NAFCON, IBB commissioned, IBB started the Eleme Petrochemical, Abacha completed.

They are all northerners; they are all Muslims. NLNG was start­ed and completed by Abacha and he is a northerner and a Muslim. Bonny NLNG, NDDC, Niger Delta Ministry were established by northerners.’

In fact, when Yar’Adua was alive, Niger Delta Ministry was working, Now, it is only one item; East-West Road and they say he (President Jonathan) is our brother. He is not my brother; my brother is the man who delivers on his services for me. If the Presi­dent says he is our brother, let him call one project,” he said.

In their various speeches, General Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, national Chairman of APC , Chief John Oyegun and Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, com­mended Governor Amaechi for his uncommon achievements and urged the people to vote out PDP come 2015.

 ---The Sun Report---