You're free to join APC- Jonathan tells Amaechi

Following the invitation on Tuesday by former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and ex-Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu,  to Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and join the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Presidency on Wednesday said Governor Amaechi  was free to accept the offer.

Reacting to a statement credited to Amaechi that he would consult Jonathan before joining the APC, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, said that the governor was only belittling the issue at stake as he deliberately engaged in anti-party activities.

The President's aide said, 'Governor Amaechi did not consult the President before inviting APC leaders to Rivers State and giving them tumultuous welcome, so he does not need to consult the President before joining APC because he knows that the President will not allow any PDP member to go to APC.

'Governor Amaechi is at liberty to join APC. This is belittling the issue. We are not small boys; we are in a serious business of politics.

'You cannot as a governor on the platform of PDP invite APC leaders to your state and make a show of it and now say that you will consult the President who is the leader of the PDP before you join APC.

The Rivers State governor on Tuesday received chieftains of the opposition APC who were in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to woo him into their fold. - Punch.