{"id":28135,"date":"2014-06-19T16:04:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T15:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=28135"},"modified":"2014-06-19T16:04:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T15:04:25","slug":"rivers-govt-says-army-prevents-amaechi-from-entering-ekiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/rivers-govt-says-army-prevents-amaechi-from-entering-ekiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Govt says Army prevents Amaechi from entering Ekiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Rivers state Government has said the Army today \u00a0 prevented the Governor, Rotimi Amaechi from entering Ekiti state to attend a rally by Governor Kayode Fayemi.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Edo state Government also claimed the private jet of Governor Adams Oshiomhole was grounded, and prevented from flying to Ekiti for the rally.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>The \u00a0 commissioner for information and communications, Ibim Semenitari, in a statement expressed \u00a0concerns of the Rivers State government \u201cabout the safety of Governor Amaechi\u201d, saying he is \u201cright now being held hostage in commando style\u201d by soldiers and federal government security agents in Odudu, Ondo State.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to Semenitari &#8221; \u201cGovernor Amaechi, as chairman of the Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum and as an APC governor and chieftain had left Port Harcourt this morning for Ekiti State, where he was to join his brother-governor in his last mega rally before the elections. Governor Amaechi was ambushed and refused entry into Ekiti by military personnel acting on orders from above. He made to turn back and return to Akure where his chattered aircraft was parked, but he was chased and rounded up by armed soldiers and security personnel in Odudu, Ondo State. According to the captain who led the operation, he had orders not to allow the governor entry or exit.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>She said further \u00a0\u201cThe Rivers State government is especially worried that federal government and President Jonathan have singled out Governor Amaechi for harassment and attack. \u201cWhile we hold the person and office of the president in utmost regards, we believe that it is unacceptable that the presidency would disrespect the person and office of an elected governor of a federating unit and consistently hound him.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Semenitari stated that \u201cOrdinarily, such banality should be ignored, as it is neither legal nor constitutional. However, in the light of the recent attempts to hoist a chief judge on Rivers people through the backdoor and the attendant rumours that the reason for that desperate act was to make it easier for the PDP to actualize its sinister daydream of ousting Governor Amaechi before May 29, 2015, we believe that it has become necessary to draw the attention of Rivers people, Nigerians and the international community to the situation in Rivers State.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Ahead of\u00a0the related grounding of Oshiomhole\u2019s helicopter, the commander of the 81 Air Maritime Group, Benin City, Air Commodore Soji Awomodu, reportedly received \u201ca call from above\u201d that no private jet or helicopter was\u00a0allowed to fly out of Benin City to either Akure or Ekiti.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the Edo Government \u201cThe governor, who was billed to attend a mass rally organized to round off the re-election campaigns of the governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, was left stranded at the Benin Airport for two hours before Air Commodore Awomodu delivered the message \u2018from above\u2019\u201d,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rivers state Government has said the Army today \u00a0 prevented the Governor, Rotimi Amaechi from entering Ekiti state to attend a rally by Governor Kayode Fayemi. 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