Former governor of Rivers state Rotimi Ameachi and his counterpart in Akwa Ibom, Minority leader of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, have closed ranks after long time political battle.
In a statement signed Monday by the spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo, the duo agreed to put behind them long time political party and resolved to move the ruling party forward.
The statement said the meeting which took place on Sunday at the private residence of Alhaji Nasiru Danu in the Asokoro region of Abuja and lasted several hours “where the leaders frankly and honestly talked about their various disagreements from their days as Governors in PDP and in the then Nigerian Governors’ Forum.
“The meeting, which was at the instance of Senator Godwill Akpabio, was brokered by two chieftains of the Party, Alhaji Nasiru Danu, (the Dan Amarna of Dutse) and Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN. Alhaji Danu, was one of the Directors of Logistics of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and a long-time ally of President Muhammadu Buhari while Mr. Keyamo was the Director of Strategic Communications of the APC Presidential Campaign Council. He is also a Chieftain of the party from the South-South region.”
Keyamo revealed that both leaders discussed and analysed the performance of the party in the South-south region in the just-concluded election and identified areas where things went wrong and how to improve those areas in future.
“At the end, both leaders agreed to close ranks and work in unison for the overall interest of the party in the country. They promised to put behind them all previous perceived misgivings between them and to give a positive direction to the teeming supporters of the party across the country.”
