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| Jonathan and Amaechi |
by: Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Alumni Association
has called for a ceasefire to the crisis rocking the Rivers state chapter of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that had pitched the Rivers State Governor,
Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, against President Goodluck Jonathan.
The call for settlement came as Chairman of House of
Representatives Committee on Public Service Matters, Chief Andrew Uchendu,
described Rivers people opposed to Amaechi as ingrates.
Meanwhile, the crisis rocking the PDP seem to have spilled
over to the state chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as the
leadership of the party has announced the suspension of some key officers, just
as a section of the party decried the action.
The UNIPORT Alumni Association, in a communiqué issued
yesterday at the end of an emergency meeting in Port Harcourt, noted that both
Jonathan and Amaechi were members of the association and urged them to sheathe
their swords and seek amicable settlement of any political differences.
The communiqué, signed by the National President of the
Association, Chief Ike Chinwo, and 10 other national officers, stated, “That
the political impasse between her two distinguished alumni, Jonathan and
Amaechi should be amicably resolved.
“That all external interests should hence forth desist from
inflaming the situation further.
“That the unique cord binding these two distinguished unique
alumni should never be severed irrespective of the political intrigues.”
The association also called on its members to “swiftly wade
into the impasse, in the overall interest of the alumni association in
particular and the country at large.”
It commended Jonathan on his midterm report, stressing that
it was proud of the president’s achievements and his focus in directing the
affairs of the nation.
In a telephone interview, Uchendu, who represents
Ikwerre/Emohua Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, said
Amaechi had done much to develop Rivers State and wondered why people should
rise up against him.
Uchendu said it was more painful that people of his ethnic
nationality were fighting their brother despite the fact that Amaechi delivered
the Ikwerre ethnic nationality from political limbo.
He challenged those opposed to Amaechi to a public debate,
urging them not to constitute themselves into an “association of ingrates.”
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