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| Rotimi Amaechi now of APC |
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of River's State on Monday along with his wife registered as an APC Member
at Ubima Ward 8.Govenor Amaechi spoke about how the APC was the fastest growing party in Africa and protested about party members who had been attacked at membership registration exercise in Degema, Akuku-Toru and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas.The Governor further said :
“From what you can see, APC is the fastest growing party in Africa.
‘’All these people you are seeing here were once members of PDP; today, they joined me in formally moving to APC and the reason for moving to APC is that we are on a rescue mission.
“We are here to save Nigeria from PDP and when we do that, we will try and create employment opportunities for the army of unemployed Nigerians because you must grow the economy;’’ On further comments about those attacked and not allowed to carry out their fundamental rights on which party they can represent he said:
“We are saying that we are in a democracy and because we are in a democracy, people must be allowed to express their views and make their choices,” he said.