My aide was abducted for political reasons – Amaechi

Governor Rotimi Ameachi of Rivers State, on Monday described the abduction of his Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Freddy Ndigbara as politically motivated.

Ndigbara was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, who stormed a rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaani Ward Six, Khana Local Government Area.

Amaechi, who spoke through the Chief of Staff, Government House, Chief Tony Okocha, insisted that the dastardly act had political undertone.

According to the governor, Ndigbara and one of the political leaders in Kaani, Mr. Celestine Akpobari, were able to convert over 5,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC, pointing out that there was nothing wrong or extraordinary in what his aide did since the country was in a political setting where the electorate were being wooed from one political party to another.

He said: “Of course, Freddy Ndigbara’s abduction is politically motivated. We are aware that Ndigbara, in league with the Celestine Akpobari, was able to convert over 5,000 PDP members to APC.

“There is nothing wrong or extraordinary in what he (Ndigbara) did because we are in a political setting where the inthing now is to win political converts. Winning new convert was what Freddie did before he was kidnapped.”

Ameachi appealed to his aide’s abductors to release him unconditionally, insisting that Ndigbara meant no harm to anybody as an APC member.

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