Rivers State Governor, Nyesom
Wike has said his predecessor, former Governor, Rotimi Amaechi should not be
walking free if Nigeria truly practices democracy.
Wike said the shutdown of Rivers
State Judiciary under Rotimi Amaechi’s administration as Governor of the state
was a violation of the rights of the people of the state.
The Governor said this during a
live interview on AIT’s Focus Nigeria beamed from Government House, Port
Harcourt in reaction to comments by Amaechi over the weekend.
He stated that in civilized
climes, Amaechi should not be walking free or be appointed as a government
official because of the closure of courts.
“With due respect to President
Muhammadu Buhari, I think he shouldn’t have had such a man as a Minister. He
(Amaechi) should be in jail for violation of human rights.
“How can somebody oversee the
locking up of the judiciary? There was nowhere for people to ventilate their
anger. Contracts were breached and people cannot go to court. People relied on
police to settle their differences.
“A woman was detained the day she
was to be given bail. A pregnant woman was to be given bail right on the day
the courts were shut down. The woman gave birth in prison. Imagine that kind of
a harrowing experience.
“And that is the man they say is
one of the best Governors. No, he is not the best Governor,” Wike said.
On Amaechi’s investments in
education, especially the building of model schools, Wike said the funds were
wasted, adding that much more could have been achieved, “with the billions of
naira”, spent on building new schools.
According to him, “What we are trying
to do is that with the little resources we are getting, we are trying to
renovate old schools through SUBEB.
“You know my former Governor; I worked with
him, so I know him too well. When he is flying with people in the helicopter,
he will be pointing his fingers and telling them see that school there, I built
it. He is that kind of man. If he hadn’t started something, he would kill it.
“But when I see a project that
will impact the lives of the people, I complete it. The Degema General Hospital
which he started has been completed but when I see a political project, I have
no business. So many roads he (Amaechi) did not do and the once he did not
complete, I completed them.”
The Minister of Transportation,
Rotimi Amaechi had lamented the recurring spate of insecurity and political
intimidation in Rivers State.
Amaechi, a former Governor of the
State, while speaking during the funeral service of the late Justice Adolphus
Godwin Karibi-Whyte at Saint Augustine’s Anglican Church, Abonnema, Akuku-Toru
Local Government Area of Rivers State, said fear has pervaded the state he
bequeathed in 2015 but residents have failed to openly challenge the current
administration.
“Everyone is scared. We are going
back to when Ateke held sway. We are going back to the period where we run away
from our people. We are back to a period when nobody can speak. But from next
year, I will begin to speak, if nobody wants to speak,” Amaechi had said.
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