RIVERS RERUN: Amaechi brands Wike murderer
the fight between the state governor, Nyesom
Wike and his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi,
continues to get messier as Amaechi has
branded his successor a murderer.
Amaechi who is now Nigeria’s Minister of
Transport, said that Wike was yet to deny he
killed people and that he sponsored those who
carried arms in the 2015 general elections, even,
during the campaigns.
Amaechi, who made this claim when he spoke
with newsmen at the Port Harcourt International
airport on arrival in the state for the Saturday re-
run legislative elections, added that the cache of
arms and ammunition Wike recovered from
cultists during the first phase of the Rivers State
Amnesty Programme were evidences to buttress
his allegations.
“Wike has not denied he did not kill people, he
sponsored those who carried arms in the 2015
general elections, even, during the campaigns.
“Our people were beaten, manhandled and others
threatened, leaving many dead, but, we will not
continue to allow these things to happen like
that. Members of the PDP were also responsible
for killing APC members in Omoku”.
Amaechi in his response to Wike’s allegation that
the Police and the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) in the state have have
already conspired to manipulate election results
in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
challenged Governor Wike and his Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to prove their allegation
if they have justifiable evidence.
“The allegations are immaterial, null and void.
Why is Wike and PDP making too much noise
and fruitless allegations?” he said.
Amaechi also claimed that he is more popular
than all those in the PDP. He argued that when
he left office in 2015 as the state governor, he
had over 75 per cent support from Rivers people
from other parts of the country resident in the
state.
He said, “Before now, l used to tell my party
members to vote and protect their votes, but
there has been complaints of indecent attacks
from the PDP, so, l have asked the APC party
members to protect their votes and their lives as
well, because the PDP cannot be bigger than
everybody everywhere.”
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