Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday threatened to quit the ruling People’s Democratic Party(PDP) and declare for any other political party if the PDP makes the reversal of the suspension of Obio/Akpor local council executives as a condition for readmitting him to the party. Mr. Amaechi issued the threat while responding to questions by the Bishop of the Anglican Communion, Niger Delta Diocese, Rev. Ignatius C. Kattey, at the 60th birthday thanksgiving service of the former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), O.C.J. Okocha (SAN) in Port Harcourt. Accoring to the embattled governor, the PDP should not give him impossible conditions over the Obio/Akpor crisis, pointing out that he was never the one who ordered the suspension of the council officials, but the state House of Assembly. “If they suffocate us in PDP and we need to move, we move,” the governor told the gathering, pointing out that the law that empowered the lawmakers to suspend council officials also empowered him to dissolve the executive... Read more on premiumtimesng/news/139898-rivers-governor-rotimi-amaechi-threatens-to-quit-pdp.html
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:32:35 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015