The five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members who defected to
the opposition All Progressives Congress are ready to meet the ruling
party in court, the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said.
Amaechi made this known in Port Harcourt on Wednesday just as the PDP National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, boasted that Amaechi and his colleagues would willingly return to the party soon.
The PDP had last month asked an Abuja Federal High Court to sack the five governors. It also prayed the court to order the houses of assembly of Adamawa, Rivers, Sokoto, Kano and Kwara states to commence impeachment proceedings against the governors.
The Rivers State governor ,who featured in a radio (95.1 FM, Port Harcourt) phone-in programme in Port Harcourt, said they had hired reputable lawyers to battle with the PDP .
He recalled that many governors had in the past left other political parties and joined the PDP without being sacked by the courts.
Amaechi said, “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 a 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.”
But before Ameachi spoke, Tukur told a team of Nigerian professionals in Europe on Wednesday in London , that measures being put in place by the PDP leadership and President Goodluck Jonathan, would encourage those who defected from the ruling party to return on their own.
Although Tukur did not mention the names of the defectors, he apparently had in mind, the five former- Amaechi, Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara); Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto); Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); and Musa Kwankwaso (Kano).
Source: Punch Nigeria
Amaechi made this known in Port Harcourt on Wednesday just as the PDP National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, boasted that Amaechi and his colleagues would willingly return to the party soon.
The PDP had last month asked an Abuja Federal High Court to sack the five governors. It also prayed the court to order the houses of assembly of Adamawa, Rivers, Sokoto, Kano and Kwara states to commence impeachment proceedings against the governors.
The Rivers State governor ,who featured in a radio (95.1 FM, Port Harcourt) phone-in programme in Port Harcourt, said they had hired reputable lawyers to battle with the PDP .
He recalled that many governors had in the past left other political parties and joined the PDP without being sacked by the courts.
Amaechi said, “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 a 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.”
But before Ameachi spoke, Tukur told a team of Nigerian professionals in Europe on Wednesday in London , that measures being put in place by the PDP leadership and President Goodluck Jonathan, would encourage those who defected from the ruling party to return on their own.
Although Tukur did not mention the names of the defectors, he apparently had in mind, the five former- Amaechi, Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara); Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto); Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); and Musa Kwankwaso (Kano).
Source: Punch Nigeria
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