LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The anti-Amaechi forces at work in Rivers State are getting uncomfortable with the ongoing peace talks between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
They are worried that reconciliation between the two could threaten their own political future and sources say the individuals concerned are at work to derail the peace talks.
They are said to have mapped out a six-point agenda to put their plan into effect and sway the President from any peace pact with the Rivers State governor.
It was gathered that the anti-Amaechi forces have been meeting in Abuja and Port Harcourt since penultimate Friday after the wife of the governor, Mrs. Judith Amaechi received the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan at the Port Harcourt Airport.
Some of those at the two sessions included a former principal officer of the National Assembly, some members of the factional PDP Executive Committee in Rivers State , some legislators, ex-militants and former political appointees in the state.
They resolved to circulate fake posters of Sule Lamido-Amaechi 2015 presidential ticket across the country; seek a court injunction in Abuja to remove Amaechi from PDP; instigate incessant protests in Port Harcourt; induce indiscriminate arrest of commissioners and the 27 pro-Amaechi lawmakers; procure and induce violent and cult activities in order to cause insecurity in the state; and ensure that they produce the state’s slot in the NDDC with ex-Deputy Speaker Austin Opara, Boma Iyaye, Emeka Noeke as possible nominees.
A reliable source said: “The forces against Amaechi have been unsettled since the reconciliatory talks between the President and the governor/the five Northern governors began last weekend.
“They lamented at one of their meetings that they might lose out if the peace deal is sealed. This is why they have designed six plans to stall the peace moves.
“Some of them openly lamented when they saw the wife of the governor, Mrs. Judith Amaechi receiving the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan last week.
“Shortly after Mrs. Amaechi received the First Lady in Port Harcourt , the anti-Amaechi forces summoned a meeting to re-strategize and stop the reconciliation moves.
“They are just determined to upset the peace talks because of the disposition of the President to reconciliation.”
A source in Amaechi’s camp said: “We have got wind of the plot, they do not want reconciliation.
“We thought what they were doing was to support Mr. President. If so, why don’t they want Amaechi to settle with Mr. .President? It is obvious that they have a different agenda for Rivers State outside Mr. President’s good intention.”
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