Of Sahara Reporters, APC’s Falsehood

Like the Department of State Services, DSS, Sahara Reporters’ the media arm of the APC  on Tuesday night (October 11, 2016) published a fictional  report that attempted cowardly and without success to cast aspersions on the validation  of  the electoral  victory  of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike  (CON) by the Supreme Court.
Ordinarily, we would have ignored the traditional Sahara Reporters’ APC sponsored falsehood targeted at their perceived political enemies. But , we have to set the record straight because of unsuspecting Nigerians who may be misled by this deliberate falsehood.
The fictional account titled: “Justice Mary Odili Wept and Begged Supreme Court Judges To Accept N5Billion Bribe On Behalf Of Gov. Wike”, Report says”, is patently  false, manifestly unpatriotic  and a continuation  of the ugly assault by Sahara Reporters, APC  and their sponsors on the nation’s  judiciary.
For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Wike did not bribe any Supreme Court Justice or Justices to get his election  validated.  The governor has always had confidence  in  the  judiciary  to uphold the tenets of the law.
The Supreme Court upheld the election  of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike in line with  the  same principles of law and facts that it upheld the elections of APC  governors, especially Lagos, Kaduna,  Zamfara, Oyo, Ogun, etc.
It is on record that the immediate  past  governor of Rivers State,  Mr Rotimi Amaechi who has been indicted by a properly  constituted  Judicial Commission of Inquiry  for fraudulently  enriching himself  by embezzling Rivers State funds is a major sponsor and financial contributor of Sahara Reporters. Therefore, the said quoted report is in furtherance  of  the  Amaechi and APC’s agenda to malign the people of the judiciary for upholding the  election  of  the Rivers State Governor.
Without doubt, this ugly assault on the judiciary, especially Sahara Reporters’ false media attack on  Supreme Court’s Justice Mary Odili is part of a grand conspiracy  against  Rivers State  and her duly elected Governor  by undemocratic  forces represented by Amaechi,  his political godson, Dakuku Peterside and the national leadership of the APC.
Nigerians will recall that shortly  after the Supreme Court delivered  her ruling validating the election of Governor Wike,  the Rivers State APC leadership under the guidance  of their defeated candidate,  Dakuku Peterside  ran to the National Chairman  of APC,  John Odigie-Oyegun.
This is what Odigie-Oyegun  said of the judgment : “We have lost very important resource-rich states to the PDP. No matter how crude oil prices have fallen, Rivers State is still the most important revenue earner for the country.”
The APC  sees Rivers State as a resource pool that must be raped recklessly,  hence, their desperation  to bring the state  under their control to the detriment  of  the  larger populace. Under Amaechi,  all the APC national  leaders were living in Port Harcourt, while laughing repeatedly  to various banks at the expense  of the development  of the  state.
Every careful observer would clearly decipher  that the onslaught  by Sahara Reporters and  other APC  sponsored  media outfits is a reprisal against  Governor Wike  for frustrating  the illegality that the DSS almost foisted on the nation.
When Governor Wike  courageously  defended the integrity of the judiciary  by preventing  the DSS from acting illegally,  he knew that the DSS and the APC  would unleash their media attack dogs. This much he told Rivers people at different fora since the victory of democracy  over impunity.
To expect that these anti-democratic elements will not fight back is tantamount to being naïve.
In the coming days,  Sahara Reporters and other corruptly enriched APC media associates  will hatch different reports, quoting equally non-existent fictional findings . Nigerians should  as usual  confine these fictional accounts  to the trash can where they belong.
Whatever the story,  APC  has been  rejected in Rivers State.  AmachI and his corrupt crew that stole N3trillion  of Rivers resources have been  retired politically.  Amaechi’s indictment has been forwarded to the EFCC, the ICPC  and the police.  Till date, no action has been taken.
We are aware that this latest media assault  is being funded by Rotimi Amaechi just like he did after the Supreme Court judgement.  It is sad that Amaechi  is using his ill-gotten wealth to undermine the judiciary  and the people of Rivers State .
It is surprising that Sahara Reporters and the APC media associates  are yet to come to terms with the fact that Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike  cannot be intimidated. He cannot be blackmailed  and he is committed to the defence of the Rivers people, their mandate and the rule of law.
Therefore,  a bunch of exiled retards writing from the confines of refugee camps in foreign lands cannot shake his resolve to develop  Rivers State  after eight years  of financial rape by Rotimi Amaechi,  SaharaReporters principal sponsor.
Simeon Nwakaudu is Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media.

Simeon Nwakaudu