Ojukaye Flag Amachree, the former Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers, has entered the race to succeed Governor Nyesom Wike by purchasing expressions of interest and nomination forms to run for the state’s governorship in the 2023 election.
Amachree was greeted by supporters at Port Harcourt International Airport today, Sunday. He not only picked up his paperwork and uploaded the images in the press and on the internet.
Amachree’s entry into the gubernatorial contest indicates that he opposes Rivers APC’s decision to nominate a consensus candidate for the governorship election.
Giving an indication of this in a very brief speech at the Airport, Amachree said, “Rivers people must be allowed Rivers speak. I’ll address you people tomorrow. Go home,be law-abiding and peaceful.”
Governorship aspirants on the platform of APC had signed an agreement tacitly agreeing that all of them will support any of them the party picks by Consensus.
Tonye Cole was eventually picked as the Consensus by the Elders of the party in the presence of other aspirants, except Senator Magnus Abe and two others.
However, governorship aspirants like Prince Tonye Princewill and Dr Sokonte Davis openly accepted the decision of the party elders, but some are yet to state their position.
Abe who has been opposed to the Leader of the party in Rivers, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi who is also the Minister of Transportation said he will not accept any method that does reflect the general will of members of the party and Rivers people.
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