Amaechi’s invitation to Obasanjo, an unholy alliance – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, Rivers State chapter has described the invitation of former President Olusegun Obasanjo by Governor Chibuike Amaechi to the state for project commissioning as rather fictitious to further deceive the people over his feigned acceptability.
According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser, Media, to the state PDP Chairman, Jerry Needam, the invitation smacks of hypocrisy, pretence, deceit and lack of integrity in both Obasanjo and Amaechi as both are using the political crisis in the state to pretend to have resolved their resentment for each other.
The PDP recalls that it was the same Obasanjo in 2006 that castigated the state for wishing to have somebody like Amaechi as governor, instigated criminal investigation against Amaechi as Speaker of the state House of Assembly and unmistakably denied him the PDP governorship flag in what was to be known as K-leg, Obasanjo’s own coinage.
The PDP said it is also on record that upon assumption of office much later, same Amaechi in retaliation, cancelled the Airforce Base Link Road named after Obasanjo by ex-Governor Peter Odili.
Ironically, the PDP said, the same Obasanjo Link Road is one of the projects the former President is billed to commission.
It alleged that other projects such as schools and roads were completed by Dr. Odili.
It said Obasanjo had between 2001 and 2006 formally commissioned some of the projects.
The PDP said as a statesman, Obasanjo should exhibit some sense of integrity and conscientious politicking and for once should be seen as one without a penchant to speak from both sides of his mouth or guilty of double standard or worse still going back to his vomit.
“We see the entire episode as a drama where both dramatis personae (Obasanjo and Amaechi) wish to hoodwink their targets and ending up shooting themselves in the leg because this alliance is unholy and will achieve nothing but mockery of democratic ideals,” the PDP declared.