My deputy sold out–Awara

&NewLine;<p>As a direct reply to the revelations of his deputy&comma; the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress in Rivers State&comma; Biokpomabo Awara&comma; has dismissed claims by his erstwhile running mate&comma; Akpo Yeeh&comma; that the Minister of Transportation&comma; Rotimi Amaechi&comma; made them to sign undated letters of resignation&period;<br>&NewLine;Awara also expressed disappointment over Yeeh’s defection to the Peoples’ Democratic Party&period;<br>&NewLine;Awara further stated that Yeeh’s allegations against the minister were false&period; He said Amaechi and the All Progressives Congress offered the AAC unconditional support&period;<br>&NewLine;Awara said he was offered N3bn to drop his ambition&comma; adding that his erstwhile running mate was aware that he &lpar;Awara&rpar; rejected the offer&period;<br>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When the news first came out that Rivers State governor has offered him N200m to abandon me&comma; I had no reason to believe it because that Elder Yeeh was aware I had earlier turned down an offer of N3bn that Governor Nyesom Wike offered me some days ago through his associates&period;<br>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I made several attempts to reach my deputy without success&semi; then I started developing some strange feelings pointing to a possible sellout by him&period;<br>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I want to state that all the accusations made by my running mate against Mr Rotimi Amaechi are blatant lies poorly crafted by his paymaster&comma; Governor Wike&semi; and you could see how tough it was for him to read the script handed to him&period;<br>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was never asked to and did not sign any letter of resignation&period; I am aware that my deputy also was not asked to or signed any letter of resignation&period; The support the AAC got from the minister and the APC was unconditional&comma;” he said&period;<br>&NewLine;However&comma; the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council said Awara&comma; had mastered the art of telling lies since the APC adopted his party&period;<br>&NewLine;The State Information Commissioner&comma; Emma Okah&comma; denied that the governor offered Awara N3bn or any sum to drop his ambition&period;<br>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Where will the governor get such money to give anybody as bribe to win an election that he has already won&quest; Awara is running faster than his masters in learning the art of falsehood&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;