The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has lashed out on the Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi for allegedly making attempts to polarize the students’ group.
Speaking at a media briefing at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, National President of the Union, Olayinka Gbadebo accused Amaechi of trying to factionalize the NANS. He said the Rivers State Government had allowed itself to be misled by an expelled executive of the union.
According to him, “the attention of NANS leadership had been drawn to unsavory attempts by the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi on his desperate efforts at polarizing the united leadership of our noble organization.
“It is no longer news that the Rivers State Governor, who has been misinformed by agent provocateurs and swindlers has agreed as part of his current political travails to throw our dear organization into chaos”.
He continued that “every attempt by agents of the Rotimi Amechi led government to drag the leadership of NANS particularly the NANS president to side with Governor Rotimi Amaechi has been rebuffed to our vowed belief that the crisis is a political ego trip that has now degenerated into an incurable one. “Having rebuffed several overtures made to the NANS President by Governor Amaechi, he has now found an ally in the expelled Deputy Senate President of NANS, Comr. John Shema of Benue State University, Makurdi to do the hatchet job”.
Gbadebo also accused Governor Amaechi of sponsoring a press conference against President Goodluck Jonathan. He also questioned why the Rivers State Government would fund a project tour with the union in the state.
“Comr. John Shima in the month of August issued a sponsored press statement in support of Governor Rotimi Amaechi against President of our dear country, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. “For correcting the wrong impression already sold to the unsuspecting public, the hawks and clowns around Governor Amaechi have refused to let NANS operate functionally in their desperate bid to extort tax payers’ money.
“If we may ask, what does governor Rotimi Amaechi Need NANS for? Is NANS an extension of Nigeria Governor’s Forum which he led and successfully polarized? Or, the Peoples Democratic Party that he has elected to factionalize”, he further alleged.
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