G-5 defection: We are ready to meet PDP in court – Amaechi‏

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Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has said
that the All Progressives Congress, APC, was
ready to meet the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party in court following the defection of its (PDP)
five Governors to the opposition.
Amaechi stated this in Port Harcourt on
Wednesday while speaking as a guest on radio
(95.1 FM, Port Harcourt).
The Governor recalled that many Governors had
in the past defected to the PDP without being
sacked by courts.
According to him, “Courts don’t impeach. But we
are waiting. The courts’ position (in the past) is
very clear. Zamfara governor moved to the PDP
and the court held that he had the right to move
if there was a disagreement in his party.
“The Bauchi State governor moved from ANPP
(defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party) to the PDP
and another court held that he had the right to
move. Abia State governor (Theodore Orji) moved
from Progressives Peoples Alliance to the PDP and
Kebbi State governor also moved from the ANPP
to the PDP. They are so many and the PDP was so
happy absorbing them.
“Now that five of us have gone and the chances
of more governors moving to the APC appear to
be there, the PDP is panicking. We are ready to
meet them in court; we have hired lawyers and
our lawyers can battle with them.”
However, the PDP National Chairman, Bamanga
Tukur, boasted that Amaechi and his colleagues
would willingly return to the party soon.
Tukur told a team of Nigerian professionals in
Europe on Wednesday while in London , that
measures were being put in place by the PDP
leadership and President Goodluck Jonathan to
ensure that those who defected from the ruling
party return on their own.
Tukur did not mention the names of the
defectors, but he was referring to the five former
PDP Governors- Amaechi (Rivers), Abdulfatah
Ahmed (Kwara); Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto);
Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); and Musa Kwankwaso
(Kano).
He said, “The PDP remains a party with the
largest spread and tested strength to win
elections any day, any time. I urge all our
members in Nigeria not to be browbeaten by
images of political delusion that confront them
every day from different quarters.
“The PDP is at home to contain all forms of
harassment by the opposition, either vaunted or
intended. If it is a game of number in any
election, you can always count that the PDP
would have it greater.
“The good thing is that if five people move out of
the PDP into the other party, even by a dint of
propaganda, the party takes in more than 500 at
a time, as replacement. The electorate in Nigeria
trust the PDP more than many people are aware
of,” he added.