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Port Harcourt
Former Rivers State governor and Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has fired back at his successor, Governor Nyesom Wike by accusing him of lacking the political will and capacity to govern Rivers State.
Wike had last week described Amaechi as being corrupt, having squandered much of the N3 trillion he got as revenues in his eight years of his administration.
For Amaechi, while speaking at an APC rally in Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, ahead of the state and national assembly elections coming up this Saturday, 19 March, alleged that Governor Wike lacked the capacity to govern the state.
The hate statements have no doubt orchestrated violence as gruesome killings, maiming and destruction of properties including burning houses have been taking the shine off daily lives in the state.
Amaechi alleged thus: “Somebody who just knows how to steal money is a bushman. Wike said, I'm corrupt. He should bring evidence to show. I will bring evidence to show that Wike is corrupt. Wike did the Rukpoku/ Eneka road during my tenure, he did not complete it. I gave Wike the contracts to do all the roads around Aristle House (a hotel in GRA) but he failed to do them, I gave him fourteen schools to give to Obio/Akpor people, he stole them, he lacks character.”
On the security situation in the state, Amaechi said, “When I was the governor, one thing that I kept thinking of was how to chase these criminals away; but under Nyesom Wike, he meets with them. If Wike does not secure you people, the Federal Government will secure you. If he doesn’t want to be ignored, he should go and secure you people because Federal Government will no longer tolerate these killings in Rivers State.”
He further told his supporters not to be intimidated by Wike’s alleged threats, and come out to vote APC at Saturday’s election.
“Saturday is your day, come out and vote. They will no longer have the Police they had, they will no longer have the Army they had. We pray that INEC should be neutral. Your job is to march out and vote for APC. We will not write results like Nyesom Wike, so go back to your wards and do door to door,” the former Rivers governor stated.
In Akuku Toru Local Government Area, the Transportation minister told his party supporters to be courageous in exercising their franchise without fear of intimidation.
“You see, it is not enough to provide security because if there are no votes we will lose. The implication therefore is that all of you must come out and vote for APC, so that we will win the election,” he said.
Meanwhile, he had earlier paid condolence visit to the family of slain APC stalwart, Ofirite Amachree, who was killed and burnt beyond recognition by unknown gunmen in Buguma, Asari Toru LGA.
He pledged to assist families of slain All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Omoku, in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of the state. He gave the assurance at the weekend when he visited families of late Franklin Obi and late Chukwuladi Adiela in Omoku.
The late Franklin Obi was the APC chairman of Ward 4, and was killed and beheaded by unknown gunmen alongside his pregnant wife, Iheoma and son, Bestman; while late Chukwuladi Adiela was an APC stalwart of Ward 14.
Addressing the deceased families, the Transportation Minister said: “The President (Muhammadu Buhari) is aware of the death of your son, who was our party ward chairman. I personally gave him the photograph of the beheaded body. Everybody must learn to give account of their action or inaction in Omoku. We can’t have police and be experiencing this kind of thing. Internal security is the responsibility of the Police. So if we have Police and keep experiencing this in Omoku, it means the Police in Rivers State have failed; and the people that are being killed are mostly APC members,” he said.
Amaechi also told the bereaved families that the president was aware of the killings in Omoku and promised that full investigation will be carried out to unravel the killers.
“The President is fully aware of the situation. I was the governor of this state and Omoku wasn’t this bad Stay clear they will kill more. The police can’t claim not to know who the people are because I was governor, the police worked with me, we knew where the criminals were and we went after them.”
He also assured the people that arrangements have been made to beef up security ahead of the State and National Assembly re- run elections in the state.
“There will be enough security on the election day, there will be enough security to protect lives."
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