Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has berated the Publicity Secretary of the Tony Okocha-led Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chibuike Ikenga over allegations against former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi.
Naijaonpoint reports that Ikenga had accused Amaechi of surreptitiously meeting at odd hours with ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, in a concerted effort to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
Reacting via a statement on Friday, Eze stated that Ikenga has no right to issue any statement on behalf of the Rivers State APC, as Publicity Secretary.
He asserted that the High Court of Rivers State had ordered Ikenga and others, led by Tony Okocha, to stop parading themselves as the Caretaker Committee for the Rivers State Chapter of the APC.
Eze said it is unarguably dishonourable to dignify Ikenga, whom he described as a jobber, with a response, but had to, given the weight of the wrong signal his publicity would send in the congregation of the reading public.
He said, “For the umpteen time, the High Court of Rivers State, coram Sika Aprioku, in suit No. PHC/3592/CS/2023 and PH /3835/CS/2023, respectively, ordered that Ikenga and his gang of imposters led by Tony Okocha stop parading as Caretaker Committee for the Rivers State Chapter of the APC.
“That judgment of court is still valid and subsisting and, in effect, stamps the leadership of Chief Emeka Beke till October 2025 when their term of office will be determined by effluxion of time.
“This clarity offers the reading public a better understanding of the status of Mr. Ikenga and the dark corner from whence he operates. In the first place, the jobber has no right whatsoever to issue any statement for and/or on behalf of the Rivers State APC, as Publicity Secretary, as he has no business with the office.”
Speaking further, he argued that Ikenga’s claims against Amaechi are a figment of his imagination, describing him as a backbiter, backstabber, and saboteur
He said, “Having established the fact that the self-acclaimed Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ikenga, is on the frolics of his own in his acts of contempt, it becomes clear that his claims against Amaechi are mere figments of his own imagination to stay afloat and curry some little relevance in the playground as a political businessman.
“Ikenga is another example of a sellout, a backbiter, backstabber, and saboteur; he traded his party’s political strategies to adversaries for personal rewards. When his clandestine ill actions against his party were brought to the fore, he denied having anything to do with the adversary and, upon being accosted with facts, he quickly resigned as leader of the party in his LGA and, a few weeks later, formally joined the opposition camp despite being one of the major beneficiaries of Amaechi’s benevolence.”