Why Rivers APC’ll back Tinubu ― Amaechi’s ex-CoS

Tony Okocha, a former Chief of Staff to ex-governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, rescued Amaechi’s administration from former President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Nyesom Wike’s stranglehold.

Okocha said the APC in Rivers State will not betray Tinubu, adding that the members of the party will not hesitate to support the presidential ambition of the former Lagos State governor ahead of the 2023 general election.

Okocha, who is a member of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Support – Vanguard (BATS-V), made this known in Elele, Rivers State, at the inauguration of Ikwerre Local Government chapter of the group on Sunday.

The former Chief of Staff stated that the Amaechi’s government was on the verge of impeachment, being overrun in 2013 when Tinubu showed up and rescued the current Minister of Transport and his political associates from the imminent shame.

He said: “When out of our recklessness in 2013, we lost the structure of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers, we became like orphans. We were overwhelmed. We needed respite. It took Tinubu who came to say we will not wallow in helplessness and hopelessness. And that was how we joined APC.

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“Tinubu has said he want to be President. I hear some other former governors said they want to be President. The truth of the matter is that somebody is a lot more experienced. Somebody has been out of government since 2007, but still politically relevant, till tomorrow.

“The man (Tinubu) because of who he is and the charisma he carries and leadership acumen, he is still onboard. 2023, it is Tinubu and only Tinubu we know and we support for President. It is Tinubu because of who he is and the charisma he carries, his leadership acumen still exceptional,” Okocha.

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