As a fallout of the Supreme Court judgment that resolved the contentious governorship election in Rivers State in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on Wednesday requested a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari to address the party’s  affairs and its political fortunes in the state.

A high-level delegation led by the APC governorship candidate Dr. Dakuku Peterside, made the request during a meeting with the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

[b]Speaking on behalf of the delegation, Peterside said: “It will interest you to know that many of our members, supporters and sympathisers are still at a loss to see us work as orphans. We have a herculean task explaining to them that we actually formed government at the centre. It is like we lost the elections.

“To an overwhelming majority of them, the only indication that we might be part of government at the federal level is because our leader and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign which led to a people’s revolution that defeated the former ruling party and former Governor of the state, Hon. Chubuike Rotimi Amaechi is a minister.

“The concerns of our members are re-enforced by the fact that more than eight months after APC has formed government at the federal level, notable PDP chieftains and members who spent state resources to work assiduously against us (APC) are still occupying strategic federal government positions, dispensing patronages to PDP members to the disadvantage and chagrin of APC members.[/b]

Peterside reported that as a result of the unflinching support party leaders and members gave to President Buhari and the APC, they have been exposed to undue attacks and internal discriminations.

He said: “We were called all sorts of names including being branded as traitors and almost live like outcast in our communities and environments...Even today, we are not out of danger as we a killed, molested, maimed and insulted.”

Peterside also reported that security infrastructure that were skewed against the  APC before and during the 2015 elections are still working against and frustrating the party activities in the state.

“The partisanship against us was and is still enormous.” he said.

The delegation, among others, requested the APC national leadership to assist in funding the forthcoming  rerun elections in the state.

“The restructuring of the Presidential Amnesty Programme by making sure that the current leadership and managers of the programme understood the political connotation of its implementation; urgent replacement of all agents and heads of agencies that the immediate-past federal government administration used to frustrate the change revolution;

“Purge of vestiges of and sympathisers for the immediate-past federal government administration in the leadership of security agencies, especially in the Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

“That political appointments in all federal government ministries, departments and agencies including ambassadorial positions be made to reflect the current realities of a change of government.”

Speaking during the meeting, Oyegun expressed shock over the Supreme Court’s decision on the state governorship election which revalidated the victory  of the PDP’s candidate, Nyesom Wike.

He, however, promised  that the party national leadership would give necessary support to ensure successes in subsequent elections in the state.

Oyegun said: “The APC national leadership has not neglected party leaders and supporters in Rivers State. The state has always been in the front burner of discussion and decision in the party. There is obviously something fundamentally wrong in the state which needs to be investigated and addressed.

“Your visit have had a sober effect on me. This meeting will kickstart urgent actions to address what went wrong. As of today, there a attempts being made by INEC to bar us from elections in Anambra and other states. We must address these issues. I still find the judgement on the Rivers State governorship election totally astonishing. There is something fundamentally wrong in the judiciary.

“We have lost very important resource-rich states to the PDP. No matter how crude oil prices have fallen, it is still the most important revenue earner for the country.

“I will take up your request to facilitate a meeting with the President. We will do that as soon as possible and also make it clear that there are problems which as a party, we must address.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/rivers-guber-fallout-rivers-apc-seeks-succour-from-buhari/231059/

Na greed d worry am.....

Funny.

Apc bad losers

Oyegun wailed yesterday.... Dakuku today....
The real wailers are here.....

PMB if these people can allegedly loot their State to support your elections..... They'll do worse if given another opportunity to recover their "investments"

I know some persons will come here shouting "greed", the gospel truth is that peterside is very correct.

This is Apc administration and as such it should favour the party members as well as Nigerians. During the last administration, everything, I mean every national cake was given to PDP members including ambassadorial positions, therefore, ours shouldn't be an exception.

Them they share am?

Is it your father's property?

Hmmmm

So all these while their fight is to be politically relevant and not for the good of rivers. One by one wind go blow fowl nyash go open.

I don't have time for dis bull s*h*i*t

My main aim was to change ebele jonathan....nothing concern me with who is d governor of other states

Na so

As a proud Wailer and a registered PDP member, Dakuku was so on point with his reasoning. I don't see the reason why pdp members are still ambassadors and also occupy politically appointed positions in the country when APC is in power, it makes no sense and shows how unfit Buhari is. It will soon clock a year and our President is yet to appoint up to 50% of his team.

Thought they said our Oil is useless?
It's a wonder why Odi is lamenting on their losing the resource-based states already.

Keep calm and watch.

The main shock would come in months when PDP will take its rightful place in Edo whilst the descedants of Igodomigodo, the industrious men of Esan land and the Peace loving Afemai people and other stakeholders, rejoice at the in-coming saving change.

Dakuku and his people could well addopt Muhammadu, Daura, Ali , Audu or any such-sounding names as their middle-name to fascilitate their quest and save them from their self-inflicted woes.
APC would remain the gathering of Pariahs and the societaly disadvantaged in the NIGER-DELTA as much as the SOUTH-EAST region until Jesu comes in Glory.

darlingtonNYIG:
As a proud Wailer and a registered PDP member, Dakuku was so on point with his reasoning. I don't see the reason why pdp members are still ambassadors and also occupy politically appointed positions in the country when APC is in power, it makes no sense and shows how unfit Buhari is. It will soon clock a year and our President is yet to appoint up to 50% of his team.

bobo all ambassadors were dropped since last year by buhari.
all d embassy is being headed by high rank commisioners in the embassy.
so be informed n dont allow these guys decieve u again.

Its a form of compensation to all thing's that have been lost/wasted, Wike watch ya back ooo

Party of saints yet they are lobbying for positions

“That political appointments in all federal government ministries, departments and agencies including ambassadorial positions be made to reflect the current realities of a change of government.”
PMB... Beware of political ambassadors... They'll only cause further damages to the image you're trying hard to build. A word is enough for the wise

Ntoooooor!

What of benins and the rest of Niger deltans? And they expect peace abi