Politics
Fight Any One Who Confronts You, Amaechi Tells APC Supporters

There may be chaos during Saturday’srerun election in Rivers State , if a statement by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is anything to go by.
The former governor, charged APC supporters to wake and challenge and confront whoever confronts them during the election, describing the Saturday’s election as “the election of our lives.”
Addressing a campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Amaechi said, “I think we will bend it a bit…”
He said, “This is what we call the election of our lives. Before I used to tell you, ‘Please don’t fight’. Is that not what I used to tell you?.
“But I think we will bend it a bit… I don’t want my church to stop me from taking Holy Communion. So, what I will tell you is don’t kill anybody, but do not be killed.
“Now let me explain why I said that. My friend in the army said if you hear the sound of a gun, it’s not meant for you. The implication therefore is that if you allow them shoot you, you will die. So, don’t allow them.
“The only time you can call me is after 6pm, and that is to tell me how we won.”
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uged to stakeholders in Rivers to desist from instigating violence ahead of the state forthcoming re-run elections.
