‘GDI Requires God Pardon’

A former House of Representatives lawmaker in Rivers State,  Hon Igo Aguma, has said that the Governor of Rivers State, Rt Hon. Chibuike  Amaechi has worked assiduously more than any of his antagonists, and therefore would get God’s blessings.
Hon  Aguma, who stated this last weekend in Port Harcourt while reacting to a statement credited to the President General of Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI), Bright Ameawhule, advised the opposition group to seek God’s forgiveness for the unwarranted crisis it has instigated in Rivers State through their sponsors and cohorts.
The GDI, through its President General, had made disparaging statements about Governor Chibuike Amaechi, alleging that the governor has raped the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution.
Hon Aguma said such statement was mischievous and blasphemous, and strengthens the suspicion that the elements behind the GDI were determined to destabilize the peace in the state, as he assured that Rivers people who are witnesses to the developmental strides of the present administration would resist the evil plot of GDI with all their strength and blood.
According to him, “we do not want to join issues with the evil driving, volatile and rabble-rousing GDI and its sponsors over the appointment of an acting chief judge for the state, we take serious exceptions to abuses poured on Governor Amaechi and his administration. The words used on the governor clearly show that the GDI and its sponsors lack home training and are morally bankrupt in thinking and actions”.
“We wish to state clearly that Governor Amaechi has worked assiduously, more than any of his antagonists, who today are major beneficiaries of his administration. Perhaps, we should advise the GDI to seek God’s forgiveness for the unwarranted crises they have instigated in the state through their sponsors and cohorts”, Aguma said.
“Rather than say the Holy Spirit has departed from Governor Amaechi, it is actually the GDI and its selfish sponsors that the Holy Spirit has departed from, as all their evil plans to cause chaos manifesting in the incessant arrest and unlawful detention of genuine PDP members in the state, imposition of a kangaroo PDP executive on Rivers people, unleashing of cultists on Rivers State House of Assembly, connivance with Police Commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu, to create a state of insecurity in Rivers State with a view to cause state of emergency, among others”, the former National Assembly member added.
He said while these seemingly daunting challenges continue in the state, God has continued to sustain Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and indeed, Rivers people, which is a clear indication that the Holy Spirit has not departed from the governor and the people.
Aguma, who represented Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 1in 2003 to 2011, said the achievements of Governor Amaechi do not portray his administration as bereft of ideas, adding that it is on record that the leadership of the PDP in Nigeria, led by President Goodluck Jonathan and his Vice, Namadi Sambo, National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the National Assembly, fellow PDP and non-PDP governors, youths, women, local, national and international organizations have commended Governor Amaechi as being among the leading lights of Nigeria’s democracy.
He, however, commended the governor for appointing Justice Peter Agumagu as an acting chief judge in line with the Constitution.
“While we await the confirmation of a substantive chief judge by the National Assembly, it is our belief that in the fullness of time, God in His wisdom will determine those the Holy Spirit had departed from”, he noted.