Amaechi didn’t force us to sign resignation letters –AAC gov candidate

The governorship candidate of the African Action Congress in
Rivers State, Biokpomabo Awara, has dismissed claims by his
erstwhile running mate, Akpo Yeeh, that the Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made them to sign undated letters
of resignation.

Awara also expressed disappointment over Yeeh’s defection to the
Peoples’ Democratic Party.

Awara stated this in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, adding that
Yeeh’s allegations against the minister were false. He said Amaechi
and the All Progressives Congress offered the AAC unconditional
support.

Awara said he was offered N3bn to drop his ambition, adding that
his erstwhile running mate was aware that he (Awara) rejected the
offer.

“When the news first came out that Rivers State governor has
offered him N200m to abandon me, I had no reason to believe it
because that Elder Yeeh was aware I had earlier turned down an
offer of N3bn that Governor Nyesom Wike offered me some days ago
through his associates.

“I made several attempts to reach my deputy without success;
then I started developing some strange feelings pointing to a
possible sellout by him.

“I want to state that all the accusations made by my running
mate against Mr Rotimi Amaechi are blatant lies poorly crafted by
his paymaster, Governor Wike; and you could see how tough it was
for him to read the script handed to him.

“I was never asked to and did not sign any letter of
resignation. I am aware that my deputy also was not asked to or
signed any letter of resignation. The support the AAC got from the
minister and the APC was unconditional,” he said.

However, the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council said Awara, had
mastered the art of telling lies since the APC adopted his
party.

The council’s Director of Information and Communications, Emma
Okah, denied that the governor offered Awara N3bn or any sum to
drop his ambition.

“Where will the governor get such money to give anybody as bribe
to win an election that he has already won? Awara is running faster
than his masters in learning the art of falsehood,” he said.