The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said he joined the All Progressives Congress in order to protect the people of the state. Amaechi also said the state had suffered neglect under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, adding that one of the reasons he joined the APC was because the issues raised by the seven aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party were not resolved by the President and the PDP. The governor, who spoke with newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Tuesday, described the decision to join the opposition party as good for the country’s democracy. He explained that the PDP had given the impression that they (G-7 governors) were begging to come back to the ruling party, maintaining that the issues that led to the crisis in the PDP were not resolved. “Yes, we have joined APC after the meeting we had with Buhari, Tinubu and the interim Chairman of APC. The governors met on Monday and decided that we must meet with the APC leadership. “When we met with the APC leadership, it was important we took a position and the position we took is for the good of our democracy and ensure that Nigeria moves forward. “Rivers State must know that for me to have taken that decision, I had looked at the general interests of Rivers people. I was not elected to lead Nigeria; I was elected to lead Rivers State and I had looked at the interests of Rivers people and have seen that these interests were not protected in PDP.”
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