The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, on Sunday, queried why the immediate past senator representing Rivers South-East, Sen. Magnus Abe has become very apprehensive over the forthcoming congresses of the All Progressive Congress in Rivers State.
Amaechi had announced to his supporters during the reception in Abuja that followed his inauguration as a second term minister that they (supporters) should begin to prepare themselves for congresses as part of rebuilding and repositioning the party in Rivers State.
Abe, while addressing his supporters in Port Harcourt questioned why the minister should ask his supporters to go home and prepare for congresses.
The former senator noted that it is the party leadership that will announce the timeline for congress and not the minister.
But the minister, while reacting to a statement in which the former senator kicked against the holding of congresses of APC in Rivers State, expressed surprise that Abe would resort to unguarded language to express his indisposition and fear for congresses even when he (Amaechi) did not give date and time of congresses to his supporters.
“I addressed my supporters to go home and prepare for congresses, I didn’t give them any date and time, and those are the responsibility of the national secretariat.
“Senator Magnus Abe has no reason to be afraid of congress; he should tell his supporters to also prepare for congresses of the party in the State since he says he is very popular. A popular politician should be very happy anytime congress is on the table,” Amaechi declared.
The Minister declined to respond to sundry comments made by Abe in his statement saying such were obvious signs of frustration on the part of the former senator.
