Amaechi Planning To Relocate Assembly To Govt. House – Rivers PDP •Allegation, A Figment Of PDP’s Wicked Imagination, Says Gov

The Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party has accused
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of planning to relocate the state House of
Assembly to Government House in Port Harcourt.
The State House
of Assembly complex has been placed under lock and key since July
9, 2013 after lawmakers engaged in a free-for-all fight.

Both anti- and pro-Amaechi lawmakers have not been able to hold
plenary in the House as the Rivers State Police Command continued
to give conditions for the reopening of the Assembly complex.
Rivers PDP Chairman, Chief Felix Obuah, in a statement issued by
his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Jerry Needam, claimed that
Amaechi was planning to allow lawmakers hold plenary inside
Government House.

The aim, according to the party, is for the lawmakers to consider the
2014 Appropriation Bill and a motion to reject recommendations of
the National Judicial Council (NJC) on the appointment of a
substantive chief judge for the state.

It said, “The attention of the Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party has been drawn to a directive by the State
Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, directing few members of the Rivers State
House of Assembly loyal to him to move the Rivers State House of
Assembly to Government House, Port Harcourt.

“The Governor also directed few law makers loyal to him, to
commence sitting at Government House, Port Harcourt, and consider
the 2014 appropriation bill and a motion to reject recommendations
of the National Judicial Council on the appointment of a substantive
Chief Judge of Rivers State, amongst others.

“The directive by Governor Rotimi Amaechi to move the State House
of Assembly, under the pretext that repairs are still ongoing and that
it is not conducive for legislative businesses should be ignored and
disregarded”.

But in his reaction, the governor, who spoke through the Chief of
Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Chief Tony Okocha,
described PDP’s claim as a blatant lie and a figment of the party’s
imagination.

Okocha said, “It is a blatant lie and a figment of PDP’s wicked
imagination. I don’t know why they (PDP) relish in mischief. There is
no such plan by the governor.

“The crisis affecting the PDP is not only political, the party also has
mental crisis because some of its members have continued to reason
along the absurd”.