Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Mr. Dakuku Peterside, said all members of Amaechi’s team would quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if Amaechi decides to leave the party.

Addressing journalists later, after the people of Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area, led by former Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Gabriel Toby, and Peterside, who is the member representing Andoni-Opobo-Nkoro Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, paid him a solidarity visit at Government House, Port Harcourt.Peterside said he and other members of Amaechi’s team would stand by the governor in whatever decision they reached on their continued stay in the PDP.



His words: “I will. I didn’t say I may. I am definite. I will. The governor is still a member of the PDP as we speak. In politics, like in many other engagements, you have a team. It is worse in politics. In my team, Governor Amaechi is the leader and we all subscribe to his leadership.

“For him to make up his mind to leave, means that team would have sat back (and I am part of that team) and agreed that our team will leave because whatever is happening ion PDP or any other party does not represent our vision, aspiration, or will not provide us a conducive platform to achieve the changes we want to bring about. So, for him to make that decision public would mean that we all have sat in the house, analysed the situation and made the decision and all members of the team will leave. But as we speak, we are still members of the PDP.”

He, however, noted that the PDP in the entire county was in disarray and warned that if the no concrete steps were taken to reconcile members, the party would lose the 2015 elections.

He said: “If we say the PDP in Rivers State is in disarray, are we sure the party across the nation is not in disarray. The president himself acknowledged that the party in the country is in disarray and decided to lead the team that will try to reconcile everybody in the party so that we will be able to win an election. It is in that line that Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, led a team that went from state to state trying to reconcile different factions in the party. So, it is not just in Rivers State.

“The party across the country is in disarray. I am also aware that at some point in no distant time ago, the Chairman of PDP, Bamanga Tukur, set up a committee made up of five governors and some other persons to try to resolve the competing forces in PDP that have torn the party into shreds the way it is now. So since the PDP in the country is in disarray, it only follows that the PDP in Rivers State is likely to be in disarray. The PDP in Rivers state is in disarray.

“The implication for 2015 is that if there is no sincere and definite programme for reconciliation, the party will go into that election and lose.”

Peterside also said the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, had gone beyond the scope of his duties in the state and had tried to assume the position of the governor of the state.

“The commissioner of police Rivers State has gone out of the contemplation of the law, the constitution, in the discharge of his duties and has gone wild abusing the governor of Rivers state, calling him unprintable names. This is most unfortunate. The Commissioner of Police is first a public servant who is on oath to serve the people of Nigeria. He is an agent of the Inspector General of Police.

“By the contemplation of the Constitution, Section 215 (4), “the Commissioner of Police shall take directives from the governor of a state (in this case the governor of Rivers State). The implication of that is that there is no dispute in the relationship between a governor and commissioner of police on who is a superior officer of a state. The governor is the superior officer of a state and the commissioner of police should take directives from him.

“Aside from that, the governor of Rivers State is elected and holds the mandate of Rivers people. So anytime you insult the governor of Rivers State, you insult the whole of Rivers people. Anytime you abuse the governor of Rivers State, you are abusing the whole of Rivers people.”

He therefore called on the Inspector General of Police and other relevant agencies to immediately withdraw Mbu from the state.

“I will advise the inspector general of police, the police service commission, the Nigerian Police Council, and indeed the president of the country, to as a matter of urgency, withdraw Mr. Mbu from Rivers State, so that we can enjoy peace again in Rivers state. since he got involved in the internal politics of Rivers State, we have had rising cases of kidnap, politically sponsored violence and other criminal activities. I am appealing to the President, and others to remove Mbu out of Rivers State as a matter of urgency, if you want peace and the economy of Rivers State to thrive,” he said.


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The only Peterside i know is Peterside Idah. SO who dafuq are you? Yall can join LP for all i care but just know that Rivers state is a PDP state forever.

Thought some people said Amaechi has no support in Rivers State! By the time he leaves with the entire political structure of PDP, by then it will dawn on mr president, that the failure towards his second tenure project has just begun.

dinachi: Thought some people said Amaechi has no support in Rivers State! By the time he leaves with the entire political structure of PDP, by then it will dawn on mr president, that the failure towards his second tenure project has just begun.

WTF is this one blabbing? The Peterside of a clown is amongst the suspended Lawmakers. FYI, PDP need them not.

PDP nawa o!

Happy to see your back

kingbang:

WTF is this one blabbing? The Peterside of a clown is amongst the suspended Lawmakers. FYI, PDP need them not.

No sir Peterside is federal law maker he was not suspended. He is one of Amaechi'S favourites to take over governorship of the state. The 27 members suspended are the RSHA.