Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has accused his predecessor, governor Nelson Wike of making too much noise while the state is being over-run by political miscreant.
Amaechi, who answered reporters’ questions today, Tuesday at the Presidential Villa said: “too much noise coming from Rivers State; the governor just wakes up and starts shouting, abusing people. That’s all he does. Mr. Project painting roads, the first thing you do is human capacity development and keeping human beings and we are losing lives every day.”
Amaechi, who is currently the minister of Transport advised governor Wike to get a bit more serious.
“He should stop encouraging the militant groups in the name of politics and election. You heard about 21 (killed) only in Omoku. What about in Akutoru where two person were killed? What about other local government areas? I think there should be much more than age to qualify to be a governor because it takes much more than age.
“I was governor of Rivers State. I did not play PDP/APC politics. life is life; it has no symbol. “Nobody has APC life or PDP life. The first responsibility of a governor which is what the oath of office requires, is that you swear to protect lives and property. When you don’t protect life and property, what do you do? Unfortunately there is no House of Assembly in Rivers State.”
Amaechi recalled that recently, two important men were kidnapped before he left Port Harcourt.
“The first person is Chief Adoke. Till today, nearly one month after, nobody can tell you where he is. The next person is Chief Omogu who was kidnapped. Luckily, the villagers ran after the people and rescued the old man from the bush.
“It never happened when I was governor. We (the security and myself) ensured that we would not sleep at night. We stayed awake for the citizens to sleep. I think the governor (Wike) needs to do much more than that or quit the office.”
