Former Rivers State
governor and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi
Amaechi has accused his successor, governor Nyesom Wike of lacking the
political will and capacity to govern Rivers State.
Amaechi
stated this on Sunday at an APC rally in Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local
Government Area, ahead of the state and national assembly elections on
Saturday.
Amaechi said, “Wike lacks capacity to govern. Somebody
who just knows how to steal money is a bushman. Wike said, am 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”.
Also speaking 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.
Amaechi further told his supporters not to be intimidated by Wike’s 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 match out and vote for APC ,we will
not write results like Nyesom Wike , so go back to your wards and do
door to door”.
Also, in Akuku/Toru local government area, Amaechi
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.
Amaechi had earlier
paid condolence to the family of slain APC stalwart Mr. Ofirite
Amachree who was killed and burnt beyond recognition by unknown gunmen
in Buguma.
Amaechi has also pledged to assist families of
slain All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Omoku,
Ogba,Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers state.
Amaechi
gave the assurance at the weekend when he visited families of late
Frankline Obi and late Chukwuladi Adiela in Omoku, Rivers State.
The
late Frankline Obi was the APC chairman of ward 4 and was killed and
beheaded by unknown gunmen alongside his pregnant wife and son while
late Chukwuladi Adiela was an APC stalwart of ward 14.
Addressing
the deceased families, the Minister said, “The President 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 has failed and the
people that are been 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.”
Amaechi
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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