Rivers AC Exchanges Blows In Govt House

In what appeared to be a free for all fight, some members of the Rivers State Chapter of the Action Congress (AC) exchanged blows while some were chased out of the Government House in their bid to have an audience with the State Governor, Chief Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi.
The Verite reliably gathered that the Forum of National Assembly Candidates 2007 Election, Rivers State under the platform of the AC had earlier in a meeting with the Gubernatorial Candidate of the party in the state, Prince Tonye Princewill, indicated their intention to meet with the state Governor, a desire that apparently did not go down well with those concerned.
In a letter to Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, signed by Mr. Donald Hart, Dr. Sonny Philips, Dr. M.D. Selema and Mr. Onwuli Amadi, on behalf of the Forum said “inspite of overt negative actions which characterized the arrangement, it was clear that the courtesy call was circumstantial.”
“To our chagrin, members of the party loyal to Prince Tonye Princewill embarked on scrutiny, harassment, blackmail and threat to lives of members of this Forum in attendance for the visit, on false accusations that we associated with the embattled Chairman of the party, Mr. Muue Kpagani, a move to mar the Forum.”
Meanwhile, the leader of AC in the state, Prince Tonye Princewill has admonished the party leadership and party faithful to continue to support the Governor Amaechi-led government particularly now that AC as a party is part and parcel of the administration.
Prince Tonye Princewill who gave the advice when the AC leadership and party faithful paid him a solidarity visit last weekend at the old Presidential Wing of the Government House, emphasized that the days of politicians compromising local politics for national are over.
Earlier the party leadership through Chief Williams Igweh, the Party’s Deputy Guber Candidate in the last election declared that AC in Rivers State is focused on the forthcoming LG Polls and thanked Princewill for his purposeful leadership of the party and pledged their unflinching loyalty to him.