PDP to monarch: Call Amaechi to order

Rivers State leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has appealed to the traditional ruler of Rumueme kingdom, His Highness Nyeweli Omunakwe Nsirim to call Governor Rotimi Amaechi to order and stop using state resources to pursue his personal agenda. State PDP chairman, Chief Felix Obuah, made the appeal when he led the party’s executive on a courtesy call on the monarch at his palace yesterday. Obuah recalled that the party collectively supported Amaechi to become governor, but lamented that rather than develop the state, he was committing state resources to sponsoring the opposition party to achieve a selfish aim. Appealing to King Nsirim, who he describe as a prominent traditional ruler in the state, to call his son (Amaechi) to order and use the state resources to develop the 23 local government areas of the state, Obuah said: “Instead of using our resources to develop the 23 local government
areas, he has diverted our resources to things that are not meaningful, and acceptable to our people. “As our leader, we plead that you tell the governor to use our resources judiciously to develop the 23 local government areas of the state so that our people will have a sense of belonging and the state can be reckoned with again.” He also solicited the support of the monarch and his people ahead of the 2015 elections, saying, with the support of the royal father, “Rivers State and PDP is for President Goodluck Jonathan.” Responding, King Nsirim said his kingdom would give 100 per cent support to President Jonathan and the PDP, adding: “Myself and the chiefs of this Rumueme Kingdom are very happy to receive you in this place today. This Rumueme Kingdom is for Jonathan and PDP, no more no less.”