"Jonathan forced me out of PDP" - Amaechi

While speaking to Medical doctors yesterday in Port Harcourt, Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi stated his reasons for leaving PDP.

Rotimi revealed that he dumped the PDP to protect the interests of Rivers State, which he said, had suffered neglect from the PDP led-Federal government. According to him, President Goodluck Jonathan is allegedly victimizing Rivers people.


He added that the state had suffered neglect, absence of federal projects and victimization, urging people to be politically conscious and become agents of change by voting out the PDP at the federal level.

Below is a transcript of what he said,

“So, for Rivers State, basically, that is the cause of the quarrel and you have a choice to make. The choice for me, if you ask me to advise you, is to vote out PDP and there is no sentiment about that.

“Legally, we have not lost Soku (oil wells). We have just lost Soku to the fact that the President is from Bayelsa. When a President that is not from Bayelsa comes, he will look at the facts and the facts are there. The Federal Government in writing the court said ‘sorry, court, we made a mistake, we will correct the mistake’ and we have told the Federal Government, ‘don’t call us for a meeting, go and correct that mistake. How could you people wake up in 2011, suddenly changed the map of Nigeria and take Soku into Bayelsa State?

That road to Bonny was awarded by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. They started, they’ve done just one bridge. The road has been abandoned. Yar’Adua tried to restart it but he stopped. President Goodluck Jonathan has forgotten about that road completely despite the fact that part of the money that feeds the Nigerian economy comes from that place, Bonny. That’s where you have the natural gas plant"