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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State Caretaker Committee, has described former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, former Minister of Transportation, Abiye Sekibo and other PDP leaders in the state as political witches that want to join the APC through the windows and back doors.
The Chairman Rivers APC Caretaker Committee, Tony Okocha made the description in Abuja at a press conference on Friday, while reacting formally to the media briefing by some PDP chieftains that declared support for President Bola Tinubu and the state governor, Sim Fubara.
Last Thursday, Sekibo, Secondus; former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Austin Opara; Celestine Omehia, former deputy governor of the state; Tele Ikuru; Senator Lee Maeba, and former Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Gabriel Pidomson, among others had addressed the media, declaring support for the duo of Tinubu and Fubara.
However, reacting angrily to the declaration, Okocha, described the Sekibo-led PDP group as crisis merchants, stressing that only witches can enter the house through the window when the entrance door is wide open.
He said that if the group felt concerned, it would have been more honourable for them to seek solutions to the political problems in the state rather than constituting themselves as snitches and fifth columnists.
Okocha emphasised that the APC is open to receive new members from the other parties into its fold, based on the mandate given to his committee by the APC National Working Committee (NWC), but warned that the new entrants must apply decorum.
He said: “If the mid-night pseudo lovers of Mr. President as shown in the text under critique, now are convinced that President is abundantly fit and proper to preside over Nigeria and that his 10 months in office has provided Renewed Hope for an eldorado for Nigerians and choose to recant their hitherto unsavoury and unprintable toxics against him, they should follow the proper channels allowed for porting or decamping to a new party.”
