It Was Only A Handshake With Wike, Factional APC Chairman, Bekke Denies Dumping Amaechi

The chairman of the dissolved faction of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, loyal to former governor of Rivers State and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Chief Emeka Beke, has denied claims that he is working with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

Chief Beke Beke who made the denial at a news briefing in Port Harcourt also denied claims that he is defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party.

Reacting to speculations emerging from a viral video that showed him hugging and smiling with Wike at an event in Port Harcourt last Saturday, Beke, an ally of the former transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi clarified that he has not dumped Amaechi for Wike.

The embattled factional chairman however said there was neither any alignment with Wike nor defection to the PDP, pointing out that the event he attended was the 60th birthday of a member of a club which he is also a member.

He explained that it was at the event he saw Wike and many others, saying while exchanging pleasantries with some of his friends, they pleaded with him to say hello to the FCT Minister, but that he refused.

He said, “First there is no alignment whatsoever. Isobo Jack, chairman, Rivers State Taskforce on Sanitation, who happens to be the President of the Boys Company of Nigeria, which I’m a founding member, celebrated his 60th birthday and he invited us.

“I was coming from Okrika, where I went for a funeral. And there was time frame for the party, 6pm to 8pm. When I walked into the hall at about 6pm, I saw a group of people; I saw the minister, Wike, and a few other persons.

“I shook hands with a few of them and some of them said ‘say hi to the Honourable Minister.’ I said no, there was no need. You know we don’t flow at all, at the end of the day, because I want to be a gentleman, I started shaking everybody.

Beke continued, “When I got to the honourable minister, we started yabbing – playful insults – and all that. You know, I noticed this will arise, I said to him, ‘now I’m talking to you, tomorrow morning, pictures will trend.’

“And I said it clearly to Chief Emma Anyanwu, a PDP chieftain in the state, that ‘look I’m a member of Rotimi Amaechi political family and I remain firm with Rotimi Amaechi’.”

 “For me, I still remain where I belong in politics. Wike is never an option for me at all in politics. I can’t work with him because we don’t have the same style and I have my integrity to protect.

“I don’t have any affiliation with him and I didn’t go there for any political meeting,” Beke stressed.

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