Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has berated former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, for superintending over a vicious insecure system that led to the assassination\u00a0 of prominent\u00a0 Rivers indigenes.
\nWike further declared that the Federal Government\u00a0 was shielding Amaechi from prosecution because the\u00a0 former governor\u00a0 financed\u00a0 the 2015 general elections for the APC.
\nThe governor also stated\u00a0 that the failure of the former governor to fund the\u00a0 operation\u00a0 of\u00a0 security agencies for over six months during his second term\u00a0 contributed to the\u00a0 degeneration of security in the\u00a0 state.
\nSpeaking yesterday,\u00a0 during a special\u00a0 appearance on Channels Television Sunrise Programme, Wike pointed out that the former governor\u2019s\u00a0 closure of courts for two years negatively\u00a0 affected security\u00a0 in the state as security agencies were overwhelmed by the challenges\u00a0 of managing\u00a0 suspects, while Rivers people were denied avenues to ventilate their grievances.
\nHe said: \u201cIt was under Amaechi\u00a0 that\u00a0 I was almost assassinated, when I was his Chief of staff. Under him, Ignatius Ajuru was assassinated, Charles Nsiegbe was assassinated. Yet, he says the state is not as secure as it was during his term. The courts were shut down for two years. No despotic leader in the world had ever shut down courts. Amaechi\u00a0 entered\u00a0 the Guinness book of records for this\u00a0 notorious act of denying people\u00a0 access to justice.
\nThe governor stated that: \u201cJustices came to say that Amaechi came to procure judgment.\u00a0 If it is a Federal Government that is sincere, they will not want\u00a0 to do anything with Amaechi.
\n\u201cIn APC, once they lose a case, they berate the\u00a0 judiciary.\u00a0 It is only when they win that they praise the judiciary \u201c.
\nThe governor added: \u201cAmaechi used part of the $309 million proceeds of the Rivers State Gas Turbine sale to fund the APC, which is why the party rallies around him to shield him from prosecution in spite of his several indictments.
\n\u201cThe Presidential Panel has not invited us to substantiate our ownership of the Ikoyi billions and hasn\u2019t released the report as well. So, we are waiting for that before taking our next steps.\u201d
\nOn Rivers State Golden Jubilee, he said the celebration was a huge success.
\nHe said: \u201cAfter the successful completion of the Rivers Golden Jubilee, we look forward to attracting an investment of $300 million into the state in the next three years.
\n\u201cWe used the Rivers Golden Jubilee to showcase the state as a tourist haven and conducive for business. We also honoured foreigners who believed in us and invested in the state.\u201d
\nThe governor said that the extant law which stipulated that all former governors were entitled to the state award was the reason why Amaechi was nominated.
\n\u201cThe Rivers State Honours Law was created by the Odili Government and every former governor was expected to receive an award. It was the basis for considering Amaechi for such, irrespective of public outcry. But the recipient rejected it as a poisoned chalice taking away the moral burden on the state. The law is now being amended to ensure its merit is emphasized\u201d, he said.
\nWike emphasised\u00a0 his call for true federalism where federating units will have control of their resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has berated former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, for superintending over a vicious insecure system that led to the assassination\u00a0 of prominent\u00a0 Rivers indigenes. Wike further declared that the Federal Government\u00a0 was shielding Amaechi from prosecution because the\u00a0 former governor\u00a0 financed\u00a0 the 2015 general elections for the APC. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":154453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-front-pix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}