I Am Not Going To Sack My Deputy – Amaechi

Rivers State governor, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has laid to rest speculations that he would initiate moves to have his deputy, Tele Ikuru impeached.

It will be recalled that the deputy governor dumped the All Progressives Congress to pitch his tent with the People’s Democratic Party last week.

Mr Amaechi has said his position as the deputy governor remains intact and he won’t impeach him.

The governor said though, he had been reading about his deputy’s defection to PDP in the media, he (Ikuru) was yet to resign officially, from his cabinet, as there was no letter to that ef­fect.

The Governor, who spoke through his Commissioner of Information and Communica­tions, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, shortly after an Executive Council meeting yesterday, told journalists: “status quo remains.”

Amaechi ex­plained that though, Iku­ru dumped APC for PDP, it did not in any way affect his position in his government.

He also debunked the re­cent claim, by the state chair­man of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Felix Obuah, that some commis­sioners in his cabinet, would soon decamp to PDP, describ­ing it as false.

According to him, every member of the cabinet was present at yesterday’s coun­cil meeting, except Ikuru and the Chief of Staff, Government House, Mr. Tony Okocha, who he said, was campaigning as House of Representatives can­didate.