The Rivers State Deputy Governorship Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC Chief Akpo Bomba has the 2019 Rivers State Governorship defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP).
Addressing journalists at his home in Port Harcourt on Monday, Chief the reason for his for hands with Governor Wike to move Rivers State forward.
He said: “After due consultations with my immediate family, friends and supporters, I Chief Akpo Bomba Yeeh, the Deputy Governorship of the AAC for the 2019 Governorship election hereby resign my membership of the AAC and announce my defection to the PDP to join hands with Governor Wike to move the state forward “.
He added: “I was the Deputy Governorship Candidate AAC in Rivers State up till today 25th when I withdraw my candidature and the party with .
“The March Governorship election in Rivers been lost and won; lost by my party, African Action Congress (AAC) and its Candidate, Engineer Biokpomabo Awara and undoubtedly won by the Governor of Rivers State, the candidate of PDP, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike “.
He said that despite the interference of the security agencies, Rivers their ground and voted for Governor .
He said: “The collated results further showed to the false fictitious lead by the AAC/APC alliance, the PDP overwhelmingly 18 out 19 LGAs, culminating in the declaration and return of the party 26 House of Assembly Constituencies by the Constituency Returning Officers.
“This fact was confirmed on the 13th of March 2019, when INEC stated, as a matter of fact, that it had in safe results for 17 Local Government Areas as well as of the PDP Candidates for 21 State Constituencies.
“The outcome of the elections on March 9, the preference of the people of Rivers State. Even the blind and the hear the Rivers people to Governor for the next four years to to continue with the good works”.
The Former Deputy Governorship Candidate of the AAC informed that the Minister of Transportation forced him to sign letter of resignation to be .
“I was forced to sign an letter the Deputy Governor of Rivers State to pave way for Rotimi nominate another person as Deputy Governor.
“These were slavish conditions for any rational politician worth his name to accept, but I pretended to play along because doing otherwise at that time would have been too dangerous for the safety of my life, given Rotimi Amaechi’s desperation to remove Governor Wike from office and install his stooge in the person of Engr Awara against all odds”.
He said that AAC Campaign was never never the office of the position of Governor of Rivers State, Amaechi during the adoption of the party, said that fund the elections and do the sun to give AAC the polls.
He said: “ to us that he had security personnel drawn from the Nigerian Army, the Police, DSS and FSARS to provide adequate security cover and enablement of the AAC and APC to effectively rig the Governorship have us declared as winners on March 2019”.
He stated that the adoption and promise to deliver AAC was with conditions that conferred de facto governance Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. Chief outlined the conditions: “First, he (Amaechi) must be the one to appoint 90 of all political office holders, , Special Advisers, and chairmen and Government Agencies and parastatals.
“Second, he must be the one to nominate and produce 23 Local Government Council other principal the councils. “We, that is, Engr Awara and my humble self must take instructions from him on all financial, policy and , as well as award and payment of all contracts and transactions upon inauguration as Governor and Deputy the state”.
He added: “As a Christian, I have come to the conclusion that the actions and desperate attempts by Amaechi and the AAC/APC alliance to rig the Governorship and State Assembly elections in Rivers State are both morally and legally wrong, reprehensible and inimical to the collective interest of the people of Rivers State.
“The Almighty God will not forgive me if I continue my Rotimi Amaechi’s perfidy against the of the people of Rivers State to freely elect their own leaders “.
He Minister of Transportation violence on Rivers people in his failed attempt to rig the 2019 Rivers Governorship election.
The Former Deputy Governorship Candidate of AAC stated that he has informed Engr Awara in writing of his withdrawal and resignation from the Governorship race and the AAC.
