Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi says the
governor elect of his state, Nyesom Wike cannot
accuse him of being corrupt and wanting to
probe him because according to him "a thief
cannot call me corrupt". Wike had on Monday
said in a press release that he will be probing
Governor Ameachi once he assumes power as
Governor on Friday May 29th.
Speaking yesterday May 26th at a public lecture
at the Dr. Obi Wali International Convention
Centre as part of the activities to mark his 50th
birthday which is today May 27th, Gov Amaechi
said he had being listening to Wike who should
not forget was once his Chief of staff and that if
he had no other records at all, he has the records
of Wike while he served as his COS.
Governor Amaechi in his speech said he had
never killed anyone and will never kill anyone
for whatever reason.
"I have been listening to Mr. Nyesom
Wike and I have been trying not to reply
him. He has been accusing me of
corruption and I have been trying to
keep quiet over the issue of corruption.
A thief cannot call me corrupt. The first
lesson he needs to learn is that he was
Chief of Staff to my government. If I have
no records, I have records on him. One
way we succeeded in moving this state
forward was that we refused to probe Dr.
Peter Odili’s government, despite the
pressure on me to probe Dr. Odili’s
government, because at the end of the
day, they will not ask me the number of
persons I probed, but what I did while in
government.
This convention centre (built by his
government) is one of the testimonies. If
we had gone to the Obi Wali Cultural
Centre (in Mile One, Diobu, Port
Harcourt, now taken over by Sliverbird
Cinema), the hall would have looked very
full. This hall accommodates 2,200
persons. The convention centre is very
big. On top of the roof is a plenty space
for big parties, for those who want to
organise ‘Owambe’ and there are many
conference/committee rooms in the hall.
“The road to Nyesom Wike’s father’s
house was built by me.
A relation of mine was killed in front of
Wike’s father’s house, during the 2015
general elections. I am a Christian. I
have never killed anybody and I will
never kill anybody. Instead of killing
somebody, I will give up my ambition.
Anybody’s life is greater than any
ambition I will have on earth.
Nigerians need to be honest and
transparent. I recently had a
conversation with my first son on the
phone and he said he was proud of me,
because they cannot write the history of
Nigeria, and the transition from one
civilian government to another,
without including me.
I laughed and my son said everybody
knew the role I played, the struggle and
the fact that my family was torn into
different parts and my children could
not see me, but that they are proud to
have a father like me. That, for me, is my
greatest achievement. God did not put
me to shame. I will be leaving office as
Rivers Governor very proud. President
Goodluck Jonathan and his wife (Dame
Patience); Nyesom Wike; soldiers and
police could not remove me from office.
When I pray, in front of me all the time
is God. That is why I am always
victorious. If you want to fight me, you
must first defeat God, which is
impossible. Nobody can overcome God. I
have won already.”he said
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