A former Rivers State Governor,
Chibuike Amaechi has stated that the Governor Nyesom Wike, who is currently in
charge of the state, is playing witchcraft politics.
In a recorded audio broadcast to
the people of the state, Amaechi lamented what he described as debilitating
state of insecurity in the state.
He cried out that instead of
seeking ways to protect people of the state as he took an oath to do, the
governor has been busy attacking him.
The Minister’s statement
reads,“My dear people of Rivers State, It is with profound grief that I address
you today. In the past few years, we have suffered and endured a debilitating
state of insecurity in Rivers state.
“Many lives have been cut short
while many more have been maimed. Hopes and dreams have been dashed; families
distraught and destroyed.
“Murderous cult groups and rival
gangs reign supreme. Our once peaceful State has lost its serenity and lustre.
We are now been derisively referred to as ‘Rivers of Blood’.
“However, the killings in Omoku
in the first few hours of this new year and the uninspiring, inept, blame-game
response of a State government that swore to an oath to protect every Rivers
man and woman should collectively compel us to action and scream that we’ve had
enough of the insecurity and bloodbath.
“In the early hours of New Year’s
Day, defenseless residents of Omoku were gruesomely attacked and murdered on
their way home from the new year cross over night church service. 23 men, women
and children were murdered in the attack.
“In the first couple of days of
this new year, people have also been murdered in Andoni and Egbeda. Some 48
hours after the Omoku massacre, the response of the governor and government of
Rivers State whose primary responsibility is to protect you from these kind of
attacks was a gabble blather about a two hundred million naira bounty and to
launch another round of attacks on me because I politely advised them to
protect Rivers people or resign from office.
“Like most of you, I was shocked,
utterly disgusted to hear the man, who, I must repeat, took an oath to protect
you, attempts to justify and casually explain away the cold-blooded murder of
innocent Rivers people in Omoku on New Year’s Day.
“The governor’s attempt to
justify and compare the Omoku murders or any other killings in Rivers State to
whatever is happening in any other part of the country is a deceitful,
poisonous narrative that we must never allow to flourish.
“The governor’s repugnant attempt
at finger pointing, blaming oil companies, opposition politicians and everyone
else apart from himself, is a clear indication that he has abdicated his
primary constitutional responsibility to safeguard lives and property.
“You know, and many outside
Rivers State know that the nature and type of insecurity, violence and carnages
in the State are unique and peculiar to the State. The madness in Rivers State
since the advent of these NEW men of power is rooted firmly in the witchcraft
politics of those who now preside over the affairs of the State.
“They lack the political will and
have devilishly refused to halt the violence and killings, and restore some
level of sanity in the State because of their mischievous politics and voodoo
electoral calculations.
“Let no one deceive you with a
twisted narrative on the origins, causes and solutions to the bloodbath in
Rivers State. Most of you can attest to how I battled and tackled insecurity
when I served as your governor.
“ I led the fight against the
cultists, gangs, thugs and criminals masquerading as militants; they were
driven out from hiding, many fled the State. I was able to do that because I
was never in bed with the criminals; I never appointed any into political
office or crowned any king.
“The administration I led was
able to return the State to serenity from the horrible state of insecurity and
violence we met when we took over. Rivers people enjoyed peace until the months
leading up to the 2015 general elections when these ‘new’ men of power in the
state introduced unprecedented violence and killings in the State.
“ We cannot continue to live like
this. The Omoku massacre is the breaking point where we must all collectively
rise up and raise our voices to say we’ve had enough.
“The governor and Chief Security
Officer of the State who swore an oath to protect us must now protect us or
resign from office. We will no longer tolerate his inability and/or refusal to
protect defenseless citizens.
“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. My thoughts
and prayers are with all who lost loved ones in the Omoku attack, as we
continue to pray for the repose of the souls of those who were murdered. I
assure you that the federal government will begin to protect you. I wish
everyone the very best and a peaceful, happy new year.”
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