The traditional ruler of Ogbaland, Eze Chukwumela Nnam Obi II, has been described as a man without integrity, who has lost his place of pride and as such has little or no support to offer anybody, Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has said.
Governor Amaechi stated this in reaction to the purported support of the traditional ruler for the Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike ahead of the 2015 general election in the state.
Amaechi and Wike are currently locked in a battle of supremacy in the state.
The governor added that the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), led by Alhaji Kawu Baraje had come to stay in the state in apparent response to a claim by the minister that he would stop the opening of the faction’s secretariat anywhere in the state including inside Government House, Port Harcourt.
Gov. Amaechi, however, expressed shock that the politics of the state has left the realm of ideas to that of mudslinging.
He maintained that he would not resign as governor and would not pack out of his official residence as suggested by Wike and his co-travellers, in view of his impressive performance.
Gov. Amaechi insisted that Wike needed help and should be ignored, stressing that the Minister of State for Education and his confused supporters were exhibiting frustration.
“They would continue to be haunted by the law of retributive judgment, having benefitted immensely from our government,” he said.
It would be recalled that Eze Chukwumela Nnam Obi II had while receiving Wike and members of his Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI), in his palace at Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, asserted that the south-south state was rudderless and was becoming a mockery; something that had never happened since the end of the civil war.
The monarch also said President Goodluck Jonathan must be respected.
“Those who will develop Rivers State are here (in his palace). We have been left undeveloped and our people are left to roam as sheep without shepherd. You are the ones to develop Rivers State.
“Those who are fighting and quarrelling cannot develop Rivers State and its people. Leaders must be humble and upright and be servant leaders. They must come down to serve the people. A leader is never above his people. We have never danced naked like this in Rivers State.
“President Jonathan is the symbol of the unity of Nigeria. Nigeria must be one. Those who say otherwise must die,” the monarch reportedly said.
But the governor, who spoke through the Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Chief Tony Okocha, said the monarch should be ignored, considering the many people-oriented and capital-intensive projects by the administration across the state’s 23 LGAs.
“The Oba of Ogbaland has long lost his face, even in his kingdom. We respect elders, but the Oba of Ogbaland has lost the integrity to speak or advise Governor Amaechi. We do not reckon with him.” He said.
Okocha added that Wike rather than focus on how to end the nationwide strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is traversing the length and breadth of the state for his 2015 governorship campaign in pretence of mobilising support for the President.
-The Nation
Governor ameachi & ur puppet chf of staff are all idiots to call our respected Oba has lost integrity ,the gods of our land will definitely strike you.
Why is Governor Amaechi so arrogant and full of pride and ego? He is claiming her did projects in Rivers State for building Primary schools that have 70% not completed and functional,roads he dualized which some are now being awarded again within his tenure of office,Health centres which are not doing anything to the health system in the state. The Governor and his wife are in the state looting down the state funds imposing compulsory payment from LGA chairmen and state Legislators. Acquiring properties from people in the name of greater port harcourt,Bombardier jet,Mono rails and many more and he still thinks he has done well when he has received more than 60 times what he said he did in Rivers State and if Rivers people rise to question him they become his enemies and would want the police and other security agencies to intimidate and harras them now his here speak from the other part of his mouth. Don’t worry you and that half blinded Tony Okocha God almighty will bring your evil works out for you to judge yourself.
I pity Amaechi, he has allowed selfish ambitions to affect his reasoning. He should ask Timipre Silva if the people that were pushing him and hailing when he was acting like an elephant still communicate with him. The truth is that Rivers people and Niger deltans are against him, and he’s getting his support from the north and some APC elements in the south-west. The main Afenifere isn’t supporting him. He should know that first his a Rivers man, a Niger deltan, before being a politician and their is always a day of reckoning. When he will fall, it will be very bad, because there will be nothing for him to fall on, that is when he will realize that he has always been alone.
Amaechi is just riding on the sensibility of Nigerians to draw sympathy to himself. Two days ago he asked the minister of finance to resign, yesterday he attacked the minister of aviation, accusing her of abandoning Port Harcourt airport because of his problem with Jonathan, today now he’s attacking a reputable traditional leader, who has been in the throne years before he joined politics. I think he’s the problem with himself, he should look inwards and drop his pride and selfish ambitions and embrace peace. A wise king will weigh his options very well before venturing into a war, and if he knows he can not win the war with half of his troops, he seeks for peace through diplomacy. Do not start a fight you can never win.
With all this,you will no that Amaechi Ȋ̝̊̅§ confuse. He needs help,but pride whole not aloud me.