Rivers APC Crisis: Gulf in APC crisis widens as Aguma inaugurates Parallel Caretaker Committees

*Uses Senator Magnus Abe’s Campaign Secretariat, “Freedom House”in Port Harcourt.

BY IBRAHIM BAKARE

Barely a week after the Abott Ogbobula faction of the All Progressives Congress,APC Rivers State, loyal to the Transportation Minister, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi,Igo Aguma leader of the faction loyal Senator Magnus Abe also inaugurated  parallel Caretaker Committees today, December 18 in Port Harcourt.

Significantly, the inauguration was held at “Freedom House”, on Evo Road, GRA Phase 2,Port Harcourt,Campaign headquarters of Senator Magnus Abe, former Senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District.

 Less 24 hours, prelude to the inauguration, Aguma,just like Abe warned that APC in Rivers State is headed for a repeat of the fatal mistakes of past allegedly caused by Amaechi who has been accused  of playing ‘”God Father”‘ of the party that led to the exclusion of party on ballot in 2019.

Igo Aguma, who claims to be Acting Caretaker Committee Chaiman, APC , Rivers inaugurating Caretaker Committees

Inauguration held at Senator Magnus Abe’s “Freedom House“.

Members of the Caretaker Committees inaugurated.

They also accused Ogbobula and  Amaechi being disobedient of Court Orders which the faction  claim is in their favour as the duly recognized faction.

However, it worthy to note that it Abott Ogbobula was only one recognized by the National Executive Council of the party inaugurated at the party’s Secretariat in Abuja.

According to a press Statement signed by his Media Aide, Livingston Weche, Aguma who addressed himself Acting Caretaker Committee Chaiman during the inauguration reiterated that on June 9, 2020 the Court in a judgment declared him Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC in Rivers State which Committee is composed of all statutory members as Executives with a further directive that the Committee should be comprised in a meeting of the Caretaker Excos which held on June 13, 2020 in keeping with the judgment of the Court.

“He directed the Local Government Caretaker Committees to inaugurate the Ward Caretaker Committees by this weekend. He further charged the Local Government Caretaker Committees to go back to their various Wards and reconcile all aggrieved members of the Party. While thanking the “Freedom House” for allowing APC Rivers to use their facility for the inauguration, he also hinted that at the end of the reconciliation efforts in the state, the State Executive Committee and stakeholders will agree on the hiring of an APC Rivers secretariat because there is none at the moment.

“The Chairman re-enacted (reiterated) the directive that all factional offices of the APC in Rivers state should be closed down, while commending the Senator Magnus Abe faction for closing down their factional APC Secretariat. He called on His Excellency Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi’s faction to comply by closing down their factional Secretariat at 65 Aba road Port Harcourt.”