River State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has asked the state Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike, to go ahead with his threat to probe his administration, saying he has Wike’s records as his (Amaechi) Chief of Staff between 2007 and 2011.
Amaechi said this during one of the programmes organised by Committee of Friends to mark the Rivers State governor’s 50th birthday in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
“I heard that Wike says he will probe me. I have not asked him not to probe me. He should remember that he was my Chief of Staff for four years; I have my records on him. He should go ahead,” he said.
Amaechi added that he did not use his tenure to probe the past administration in the state, noting that such exercise might be a waste of time and resources.
He explained that the people of the state would not applaud him on the basis of how many people he had probed but for his accomplishments in office.
“Go and check, the road leading to Wike’s father’s house, I constructed it. But in front of that same house, a relation of mine was killed on election day,” he added.
The governor blamed the principals of the state opposition party for instigating violence, especially before the last general elections, wondering why people would not mind killing others because of their personal ambition.
“Why will people, because of their personal ambition, not mind killing other people? They gave me all kinds of names but none could accuse me of killing anyone. I have never killed in my life and I will never kill. But because of someone’s personal ambition, human lives mean nothing to some people,” Ameachi said, detailing two alleged gruesome killings in the state.
He wondered why the Peoples Democratic Party opposed the setting up of a panel to probe the pre-election and election day killings in the state if the opposition party did not have anything to hide.
The governor added, “They went and got a kangoroo judgment stopping the panel from sitting, but we appealed the judgment and the court gave the go ahead for the panel to sit.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Is that a threat?so Ameachi is also afraid of probing?why all these talk?D gov has immunity so ur records hold no water. We need to ask some questions from APC.is Rotimi claiming a saint?God dey
ReplyDeleteWill your 'governor' last in that office, you should ask first?
DeleteWow. I am not surprised at all. Its so obvious ameachi is scared of probe. So u knw u have skeletons in Ur cupboard. So u are threatening wike Bcos he wants to prob u. Even buhari may not be able to save u. No wonder u cry pass dakuku. Cos u wanted him there by all means so he can cover Ur tracks. E don over u. If u think u have wike records. Why didn't u expose him all these while. Is it Bcos u are partners in crime. Chie there is God o...
ReplyDeleteAmaechi is a shameless rogue who should be jailed. He thinks buhari will save him but if buhari is buhari, he will detain and probe people like him, and Rochas who have siphoned all the wealth of their states into their private pockets. Wike should not spare Amaechi. Whatever he did wrong while a chief of staff cannot be more than assignments imposed on him by Amaechi himself. I can't wait to see Amaechi disgraced for his wickedness and thievery
ReplyDeleteHe sounds a lil scared (amaechi) but why are the lives of the people killed during this election not so important as to be investigated upon?
ReplyDeleteYou all the previous commentators are obviously PDP loyalists who helped in the killings and arson attacks on citizens and riggings to usher in your thug 'governor'. Do you at all have any hope that he will be in that office and not be disgraced out as Omehia?
ReplyDeleteAll Nigerians need to understand that all these politicians are the same and have the same purpose. This purpose is to get as rich as possible. In the PDP there are corrupt persons, just they exist in the APC. All these guys want is to take their turn in doing the same thing.
ReplyDeleteThe quicker the electorate understand this,the better for us.