{"id":64779,"date":"2019-02-13T17:41:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64779"},"modified":"2019-02-13T17:41:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:41:50","slug":"amaechi-suffers-mental-illness-wike-reveals-says-former-gov-never-won-assembly-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/amaechi-suffers-mental-illness-wike-reveals-says-former-gov-never-won-assembly-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi Suffers Mental Illness, Wike Reveals&#8230;Says, Former Gov Never Won Assembly Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers Statehas revealed that the minister of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">transportation Rotimi Ameachi\u00a0 is severely suffering from an undisclosed<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">psychiatric disorder.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Wike who served as Amaechi&#8217;s Chief of staff until he was appointed a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Minister of State. Education by President Goodluck Jonathan also disclosed<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">that Amaechi never won the State House of Assembly in 1999.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Hear him:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201d We know him\u2026he cannot deny the fact that he has mental problems. It is<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">shocking that the party will appoint someone that has psychiatric illness<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">as a member of the federal cabinet.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201dI did not take APC to court, I\u2019ve never had legal battles with APC but<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ameachi is blaming me for their predicament.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Why would he call my name\u2026let me tell you all something, in 1999 Rotimi<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ameachi did not win the state assembly elections\u2026we know how it happened.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It was court that made him..\u00a0 Uche Okuku, won the elections.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201dHe said he made me Chief of Staff\u2026thank God..but that boy (Ameachi)\u00a0 ran<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">away to Ghana, we stood here, fought for him, made him governor and he<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">turned around to say he made us. He ran to Ghana.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201dThe same Supreme Court that gave him judgment in 2005 is the same<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">institution he is against now.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201dYou can all see that he has psychiatric disease\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201d I appeal to him that Enough is Enough.\u00a0 This is a boy who as a young<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">speaker was sent to London to study law, he was there for 8 years without<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">any certificate and he opens his mouth to insult people that has achieved<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">academic success. He is a lunatic.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I am shocked that yesterday in the presence of Mr. President, his DG<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Rotimi Ameachi, was promoting violence and singing war songs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201d I am not afraid of his violence, provided Ameachi brings his first son,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Chika, to lead the war, then I will know he\u2019s ready.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201d Being a governor of Rivers state is not for errand boys, its for serious<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">people.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201d Apart from security he is banking on, who is Ameachi to open his mouth<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and talk to me?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I plead on Mr. President to please bring our son, Rotimi Ameachi back so<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">that mental illness doctors can re-examine him and cure him once and for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">all.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/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>Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers Statehas revealed that the minister of transportation Rotimi Ameachi\u00a0 is severely suffering from an undisclosed psychiatric disorder. 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