Former Rivers State governor and Minister of Transportation Rt. Hon.<\/p>\n
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has accused his successor, governor Nyesom\u00a0 Wike
\nof lacking the political will and capacity to govern Rivers State.<\/p>\n
Amaechi stated this on Sunday at an APC rally in Rumueme, Obio\/Akpor Local
\nGovernment Area, ahead of the state and national assembly elections on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Amaechi said, \u201cWike lacks capacity to govern. Somebody who just knows how
\nto steal money is a bushman. Wike said, am corrupt. He should bring
\nevidence to show. I will bring evidence to show that Wike is corrupt. Wike
\ndid the Rukpoku\/ Eneka road during my tenure he did not complete it. I
\ngave Wike the contracts to do all the roads around Aristle House(a hotel
\nin GRA) but he failed to do them, I gave him fourteen schools to give to
\nObio\/Akpor people, he stole them, he lacks character\u201d.<\/p>\n
Also speaking on the security situation in the state, Amaechi said, \u201cWhen
\nI was the governor, one thing that I kept thinking of was how to chase
\nthese criminals away but under Nyesom Wike, he meets with them. If Wike
\ndoes not secure you people, the federal government will secure you. If he
\ndoesn\u2019t want to be ignored he should go and secure you people because
\nfederal government will no longer tolerate these killings in Rivers State.<\/p>\n
Amaechi further told his supporters not to be intimidated by Wike\u2019s
\nthreats and come out to vote APC at Saturday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n
\u201cSaturday is your day, come out and vote.They will no longer have the
\nPolice they had, they will no longer have the Army they had, we pray that
\nINEC should be neutral, your job is to match out and vote for APC ,we will
\nnot write results like Nyesom Wike , so go back to your wards and do door
\nto door\u201d.<\/p>\n
Also, in Akuku\/Toru local government area, Amaechi told his party
\nsupporters to be courageous in exercising their franchise without fear of
\nintimidation<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see, it is not enough to provide security because if there are no
\nvotes we will lose, the implication therefore is that all of you must come
\nout and vote for APC so that we will win the election.\u201d,he said.<\/p>\n
Amaechi had earlier paid condolence to the family of slain APC stalwart
\nMr. Ofirite Amachree who was killed and burnt beyond recognition by
\nunknown gunmen in Buguma.
\nAmaechi has also pledged to assist families of slain All Progressives
\nCongress (APC) members in Omoku, Ogba,Egbema\/Ndoni local government area
\nof\u00a0 Rivers state.<\/p>\n
Amaechi gave the assurance at the weekend when he visited families of late
\nFrankline Obi and late Chukwuladi Adiela in Omoku, Rivers State.<\/p>\n
The late Frankline Obi was the APC chairman of ward 4 and was killed and
\nbeheaded by unknown gunmen alongside his pregnant wife and son while late
\nChukwuladi Adiela was an APC stalwart of ward 14.<\/p>\n
Addressing the deceased families, the Minister said, \u201cThe President is
\naware of the death of your son who was our party ward chairman. I
\npersonally gave him the photograph of the beheaded body. Everybody must
\nlearn to give account of their action or inaction in Omoku. We can\u2019t have
\npolice and be experiencing this kind of thing. Internal security is the
\nresponsibility of the police so if we have police and keep experiencing
\nthis in Omoku it means the police in Rivers State has failed and the
\npeople that are been killed are mostly APC members\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
Amaechi\u00a0 also told the bereaved families that the president was aware of
\nthe killings in Omoku and promised that full investigation will be carried
\nout to unravel the killers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President is fully aware of the situation. I was the governor of this
\nstate and Omoku wasn\u2019t this bad Stay clear they will kill more. The police
\ncan\u2019t claim not to know who the people are because I was governor, the
\npolice worked with me, we knew where the criminals were and we went after
\nthem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amaechi also assured the people that arrangements have been made to beef
\nup security ahead of the State and National Assembly re- run elections in
\nthe state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be enough security on the election day, there will be enough
\nsecurity to protect lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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