As rumours of possible expulsion of the Senator representing Rivers South-East in the national assembly, Magnus Abe and his loyalists from the ruling All Progressive Congress continue to rent the air, former attorney-general of Rivers State under the Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’s administration, Worgu Boms has said that Abe’s movement will not be affected by threats.
He Wrote “My Dear gentlemen and women of our Dear beleaguered APC Rivers, I send you good wishes on this midweek, regardless of your political affiliation whether for Senator Abe or for Minister Amaechi.
As you know, I am proudly and unapologetically, irrevocably, even, for the Senator just as I sincerely respect the right of others to be for the Hon. Minister.
I share the following thoughts with you :
1. Whatever is happening in our party, whether at the state, or national level, the ones that happened yesterday, that happened today and will happen tomorrow, have nothing to do with the determination or even sooner determination of the agitation to ensure that no one man, no matter the emotional arguments, handpicks electoral candidates for us when the Law says all of us shall decide the matter. In particular, the Magnus Movement to become governor is in no way affected by these. If anything, it is being unwittingly strengthened. When it is over you will know just as am sure you know it is NOT over now.
2. What makes military governments unpopular and ultimately cripples them to their peril, is the culture of “ouster clauses” in their legislation in which they decree that no one can challenge their actions in a court of law and that no court should entertain such recourse.
3. It is curious that a political party in a Constitutional Democracy will introduce ouster clause in its dealings with its faithful to the point of threatening expulsions to those who are in court and do not shun the court in favour of a certain Committee for Peace whose mandate excludes deliberations on the very issue that made the people resort to court in the first place.
4. Rotimi Amaechi, my former boss, now Hon. Minister of Transportation, became speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly by resort to Court.
6. National Chairman of the Party governed Edo by resort to Court which vindicated his right.
5. The Minister also became the Governor of Rivers State by resort to Court.
7. Beneficiaries of the Court are now threatening to punish people for going to court and you entertain the remotest thought it will work? Time shall tell.
8. It is neither the course of wisdom nor is it sagacious to start learning geology on the morning of earthquake. The study should have been earlier for obvious reasons.
9. In all History, no one or group, not even the military, has succeeded with ouster clauses. This won’t be an exception. Please take this as a promise from me. Arrogant PDP tried it with my former Boss Amaechi and they failed spectacularly.
This latest device to intimidate Senator Abe to abandon his civilised pursuit of his ambition to pave way for Tonye Patrick Dele Cole, will not work. It won’t because it is, itself, not only unconstitutional but self serving and ungodly.
The Just shall live by faith.
My name’s WorguBoms.
