How Amaechi’s Men Poured Petrol On Dissedent Rivers APC Member – Abe

Magnus Abe has accused proxies of Rotimi Amaechi of pouring petrol on one of his supporters arranging logistics for a meeting of the faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, aligned to him in Rivers State.

In a statement issued on Monday made available to  GreenWhiteGreen GWG, Abe charged politicians he said were intoxicated with power to know that no condition is permanent as he called on his supporters and all stakeholders in the party to move away from violence.

However, a source in the mainstream of the party dismissed the claim and charged Abe to report to the police if his claims were true.

The assertion by Abe is the latest brickbat from the onetime political allies who collaborated against Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2016 Southeast Senate re-run election in which the APC rode to victory, but have now turned against one another.

In a statement issued against the background of the alleged attack last Saturday, Senator Abe while saying that violence is not the way out of the crisis in the APC, and at the same time urging for mediation by the national leadership to be given consideration said:

“we should all fear God. On Saturday, when they heard that I would come for the inauguration of Eleme Chapter of Rivers Voice of Freedom, the Minister’s people came here and attacked the man (his supporter).

“They poured petrol on the young man, a lawyer, who was here to set up a banner (for the inauguration). They poured petrol and set fire on the banner. And they were ready to unleash mayhem on this place because they do not want Senator Abe to be here and they do not want to see Senator Abe.

“I am a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nigeria is a democracy, and we have rights and freedom of association in this country and we are exercising our rights. This is not a parallel congress of any party. Even in places where they held parallel congresses, nobody was set on fire.

“In Rivers State, we are blessed. The national leadership of the party has been to this state more than three times. They have heard us; they issued a statement that they would come here to do revalidation and registration, which was not properly done.

“They issued a statement that they would address the challenges of APC in Rivers State. They have given that commitment. And we are prepared to abide by that commitment and wait for what the national will say,” Abe said

Senator Abe said they (his supporters) in the APC had not sponsored attack or bought arms for anyone, advising politicians that they should not be intoxicated of power.

He declared: “We have not sponsored any attacks on anybody. We have not bought guns for anybody to go and fight anybody. We have not abused anybody. We have not done anything to take away any other person’s right.

“Therefore, nobody should try to kill you or try to kill us, or try to set people on fire, or try to deny us our rights to freely associate and do what politicians do, which is talk to the people. And we will talk to the people.

“Everybody should fear God. I am saying this to the newly inaugurated EXCO of RVF in Eleme and I am saying this to all of us in this country. Let us fear God. Power is only temporary. And no matter how sweet power is, it will either leave you, or you leave power. It is not forever.”

A source in the Rivers State chapter of the APC, however, dismissed the claim saying that if such an incident happened that Abe should report to the police.

“I think he is just looking for cheap publicity,” the party chief said.

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