The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has commended the youths of Ubima, the home town of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and other youths of Ikwerre extraction, who in their thousands took to major streets of the state capital, Port Harcourt, protesting against Amaechi’s unfair and inefficient conduct of the affairs of the state.
The PDP in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the State Chairman on Media, Jerry Needam, declared their action as heroism against Amaechi’s alleged authoritarian style of government.
Thousands of youths from Ubima and the four Ikwerre speaking Local Government Areas namely Ikwerre, Emuoha, Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt, staged a peaceful protest on Tuesday in support of Commissioner of Police Joseph Mbu, President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP.
The Ikwerre youths deserve special appreciation for this bold step, the PDP said.
“Courtesy of Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Rivers State is a state where liberty reigns no more. True democracy is not practiced,” the PDP said.
It added: “Our monarchs, religious and traditional leaders are disrespected under governor Amaechi. The bold step taken by the Ikwerre youths is commendable. Ikwerre youths have refused to be bought by Governor Rotimi Amaechi using tax payers’ money and the Sure-P as baits.”
The PDP urges all youths in Rivers State to reject Amaechi and embrace the Reformation Agenda of President Goodluck and the party.
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