Jonathan Says Amaechi Is Rascally, Irresponsible; Threatens Legal Action Over Utterances

President Goodluck Jonathan has threatened to drag Governor Rotimi Amaechi
of Rivers State to court for blackmail, libel and incitement of public
disorder.

The President, responding to Governor Amaechi’s recent attack, accused the
Rivers Governor of irresponsible and rascally behavior.

A statement signed by Presidential Spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, said
Governor Amaechi has “lost all sense of propriety, decorum and responsible
political behavior.”


The statement reads:

“Governor Rotimi Amaechi took his obnoxious willingness to denigrate the
highest office in the land in a reckless bid to advance his selfish
political interests to a new level of irresponsible and rascally behaviour
yesterday in Port Harcourt with his totally false and baseless
vituperations against President Jonathan, the First Lady and the Federal
Government.

“It appears from the Governor’s completely unfounded and off-the-mark
allegations that he had totally lost all sense of propriety, decorum and
responsible political behaviour and resorted to unacceptable demagoguery,
libel, blackmail and incitement of public disorder.

“Unless his unbridled ambition and desire for self- promotion have
completely befuddled his mental faculties and caused him to totally lose
touch with reality, Governor Amaechi must know that his claims and
allegations are untrue.

“We can only assume therefore that he is deliberately spewing malicious
falsehood in a desperate effort to incite the people of Rivers State and
Nigeria against his assumed political foes.

“We warn him that there are legal, constitutional and moral limits to
political rascality beyond which he will not be allowed to go without
repercussions.

“The immunity which he currently enjoys notwithstanding, Governor Amaechi
should be under no illusions: A day of reckoning will surely come when he
will answer for all his actions and false allegations against President
Jonathan, the First Lady and the Federal Government.

“He should also know that Nigerians are aware of the truth and will never
be fooled or swayed by his arrant opportunism and anti-Jonathan rantings.

“Nigerians know that while Mr. Amaechi falsely accuses others of
corruption, he cannot show or explain to the people of Rivers State what
he has done with the billions of Naira that has accrued to the state under
his tenure.

“They also know that while Amaechi continues to falsely accuse the
Jonathan Administration of having done nothing for Rivers State, he has
recklessly squandered huge state resources on dubious, vain-glorious
projects or self aggrandizement.

“Nigerians will know too that while he falsely alleges that Rivers and
other states have not received funds due to them from the Federation
account, the only outstanding allocation was for September, which was
released to all states well over a week ago.

“The Governor should stop trying to make President Jonathan the scapegoat
for his woeful performance in Rivers State and look to his own very
apparent failings and incompetencies.

“He should also stop blackmailing the First Lady who has demanded nothing
from him other than good governance, justice, equity, fairness, real
development and progress in Rivers State”.