According to Premium Times: Rivers State government has
released a statement on the incident of Governor
Rotimi Amaechi’s alleged been arrested and detained by security operatives
in Odudu, Ondo state. Find it after the cut…
The Rivers State Government
is concerned about the safety of Governor Amaechi who is right now being held
hostage commando style by soldiers and federal government security agents in
Odudu, Ondo state.
Governor Amaechi as Chairman
of the Nigeria Governors’ forum and as an APC governor and chieftain had left
Port Harcourt this morning for Ekiti state where he was to join his brother
governor in his last mega rally before the elections.
Governor Amaechi was ambushed
and refused entry into Ekiti by military personnel acting on orders from above.
He made to turn back and return to Akure where his chattered aircraft was
parked but was chased and rounded by armed soldiers and security personnel in
Odudu, Ondo state. According to the captain who led the operation, he had
orders not to allow the governor entry or exit.
In the meantime, the
chattered aircraft that conveyed he governor has been grounded while the
minsters of Defence, police Affairs and Minister of state for Defence have
landed at the Akure airport.
The Rivers State government
is especially worried that Federal government and President Jonathan have
singled out Governor Amaechi for harassment and attack.
While we hold the person and office of the President in utmost regards, we believe that it is unacceptable that the presidency would disrespect the person and office of an elected governor of a federating unit and consistently hound him.
While we hold the person and office of the President in utmost regards, we believe that it is unacceptable that the presidency would disrespect the person and office of an elected governor of a federating unit and consistently hound him.
The Rivers state
government is all more worried as Ondo saga is coming on the heels of a plot by
six PDP lawmakers this morning to carry out a kangaroo impeachment of the duly
elected governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, con first at
Krisdara hotels and later Bauchi street, Port Harcourt.
Ordinarily such banality
should be ignored as it is neither legal nor constitutional. However in the
light of the recent attempts to hoist a Chief Judge on Rivers people through
the back door and the attendant rumours that the reason for that desperate act
was to make it easier for the PDP to actualize its sinister daydream of ousting
Governor Amaechi before May
29, 2015, we believe that it has become necessary to draw the
attention of Rivers people, Nigerians and the international community to the
situation in Rivers State.
Only yesterday, in
preparation for this tragicomedy, the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) accused Governor Amaechi of importing terrorists into
the state and the region. They continued their diatribe by demanding that the
governor of Rivers State be put under surveillance. The State Government
wouldn’t have dignified the PDP’s display of ignorance with a response but for
the fact that these accusations coupled with today’s actions are omniuos signs
of how far the PDP is willing to go in its quest to cling onto power by all means.
The antecedents of impunity
on the part of the leadership of the PDP are instructive and the party’s
desperation to harm and stop anyone they perceive as major threat to their
crumpling electoral fortunes next year is no longer news. The detention attempt
and incident at the Kano International Airport last week are still fresh in the
minds of Nigerians. Also, the call to put Gov Amaechi under surveillance (or is
it house arrest?) on the same day that PDP started effort to unseat the
Governor of Adamawa State, His Excellency, Murtala Nyako, is enough indication
of the script already written by a jittery PDP
It is sad that the insane
minds of the authors of the PDP accusation are jeopardizing police
investigations of the 486 travellers who were intercepted in Aba, Abia State,
and who are still being screened. One only wishes that the PDP would address
the issues of the insecurity in the country with as much fervor and vigour as
it deploys towards witch hunting its political opponents
The River Government wishes
to state that the world knows those who feather the nest of cultists and
militants and for whom they are canon fodder. Governor Amaechi’s position on
cultisim, violence and insecurity are clear as is his commitment to fighting
poverty and improving the lives of our present and future generations.
The Rivers State Government will not be deterred in its efforts to deliver good governance and ddemocratic dividends to our people.
The Rivers State Government will not be deterred in its efforts to deliver good governance and ddemocratic dividends to our people.
We appeal to all Rivers
people appeals to all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and
citizens in the state to remain calm in the face of these provocations.
We call on the Security
Agencies to exhibit professionalism in their conduct of affairs. We appeal to
all well meaning people in Nigeria and around the world to please call the PDP
to order before they truncate our democracy.
It appears to us that the PDP clearly have no interest in the peace and stability either Rivers state.
We are mindful of these mischievous elements but continue to call for tolerance and eternal vigilance. We are certain that the God who reigns in the affairs of Rivers people will again deliver us from this evil and terror that stalks us at noon day
SignedIt appears to us that the PDP clearly have no interest in the peace and stability either Rivers state.
We are mindful of these mischievous elements but continue to call for tolerance and eternal vigilance. We are certain that the God who reigns in the affairs of Rivers people will again deliver us from this evil and terror that stalks us at noon day
Ibim Semenitari
Commissioner of Information and Communications
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