Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday, described the Deputy Governor of the state, Tele Ikuru, as a modern day Judas, who is willing to sell his master for material gain.
In a statement issued in Port Harcourt yesterday and signed by the state Chairman of the party, Dr. Davies Ikanya, the party came down hard on Ikuru for what it described as “his unprovoked attack on Governor Chibuike Amaechi, a man who picked him from the gutter and made him whom he has become politically.”
The party said: “We read with shock, the description of Governor Amaechi as ‘irresponsible’ by Tele Ikuru during his ill-fated press conference in Port Harcourt few days ago, which he addressed in his new capacity, as the chairman of the transition committee set up by Chief Nyesom Wike, the Independent National Electoral Commossion (INEC)-declared governor of Rivers State.
“It is sad that after serving as Amaechi’s deputy for over seven years, Ikuru, who several times in the past described Governor Amaechi as the hero of Rivers politics and the best political exponent from the state, is suddenly singing a different tune. This is the height of ingratitude, and it paints Ikuru in his true colours as a Judas, who is ever ready to sell his master for mundane gain.”
It described Ikuru’s attack on Amaechi as unwarranted.
The statement added: “Amaechi’s love for Ikuru is legendary. He chose him as his deputy despite Ikuru having teamed up with Sir Celestine Omehia and others to frustrate Amaechi’s governorship ambition during the ill-fated PDP primaries of 2007. With God’s intervention, the Supreme Court in its wisdom revalidated Amaechi’s mandate as the authentic PDP gubernatorial candidate, thus making him the governor.”
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