Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described as concocted falsehood recent claims by the Publicity Secretary of the Tony Okocha-led Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chibuike Ikenga.
Recall that Ikenga had, in a recent interview with Arogidigba Global Journal, claimed, among other things, that the former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, is surreptitiously meeting at odd hours with ex-Vice President, Alh. Atiku Abubakar, in a concerted effort to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
Reacting through a statement made available to the media on Friday, a stalwart of the APC, who is a long-standing ally of the former Minister of Transportation, said it is unarguably dishonorable to dignify Ikenga, whom he described as a jobber, with a response, but had to, given the weight of the wrong signal his publicity is wont to send in the congregation of the reading public.
“For the umpteen time, the High Court of Rivers State, coram Sika Aprioku, in suit No. PHC/3592/CS/2023 and PH /3835/CS/2023 respectively, ordered that Ikenga and his gang of imposters led by Tony Okocha stop parading as Caretaker Committee for the Rivers State Chapter of the APC,” Eze said.
“That judgment of court is still valid and subsisting and, in effect, stamps the leadership of Chief Emeka Beke till October 2025 when their term of office will be determined by effluxion of time.
“This clarity offers the reading public a better understanding of the status of Mr. Ikenga and the dark corner from whence he operates. In the first place, the jobber has no right whatsoever to issue any statement for and/or on behalf of the Rivers State APC, as Publicity Secretary, as he has no business with the office.
“Having established the fact that the self-acclaimed Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ikenga, is on the frolics of his own in his acts of contempt, it becomes clear that his claims against Amaechi are mere figments of his own imagination to stay afloat and curry some little relevance in the playground as a political businessman.
“Ikenga is another example of a sellout, a backbiter, backstabber, and saboteur; he traded his party’s political strategies to adversaries for personal rewards. When his clandestine ill actions against his party were brought to the fore, he denied having anything to do with the adversary and, upon being accosted with facts, he quickly resigned as leader of the party in his LGA and, a few weeks later, formally joined the opposition camp despite being one of the major beneficiaries of Amaechi’s benevolence.
Chief Eze said that judging from his trajectory, Ikenga cannot be trusted with sensitive information and positions.
“As a matter of fact, everyone has the right to freedom of association, but good morals teach that one should not bite the finger that once fed him.
“The disparaging falsehood, conspiracies, and attacks on Amaechi are just unnecessary.
“Excluding yourself from the concerns of a man is in order, but talking down on him to pull him down is bad character. Such indulgences will not earn Mr. Ikenga any political fortune.
While calling on the public to disregard the claims put forward by Ikenga against Amaechi, Eze challenged Ikenga to approach the media with facts to buttress his claims or bury his head in shame.
Eze reminded Ikenga that the former Governor dusted him up and entrusted him with some positions even when his electoral value at his polling unit was zero.
Finally, on Amaechi meeting with Atiku in order to unseat Tinubu, as envisaged by Ikenga, Eze stated that Amaechi and Atiku are very busy individuals and don’t need to meet in order to unseat anybody come 2027, as 2027 will take care of itself when it arrives.
He went further to state that, so far as Nigerians are concerned, Tinubu is doing everything on his own to unseat himself as far as 2027 is concerned, based on his anti-people’s policies, so please leave out Amaechi and Atiku on this, Eze counseled the never-do-well Chibuike Ikenga.