Two days ago, Rivers governor Rotimi
Amaechi said the reason he and First
Lady Patience Jonathan fell out was
because refused to share the state's
money with her...well the presidency
has responded, saying that Amaechi's
day of reckoning is coming, that the
immunity he enjoys now as governor
will not be forever. Find the State
House press release below...
Governor Rotimi Amaechi took his
obnoxious willingness to denigrate
the highest office in the land in a
reckless bid to advance his selfish
political interests to a new level of
irresponsible and rascally
behaviour yesterday in Port
Harcourt with his totally false and
baseless vituperations against
President Jonathan, the First Lady
and the Federal Government.
It appears from the Governor's
completely unfounded and off-the-
mark allegations that he had
totally lost all sense of propriety,
decorum and responsible political
behaviour and resorted to
unacceptable demagoguery, libel,
blackmail and incitement of public
disorder.
Unless his unbridled ambition and
desire for self- promotion have
completely befuddled his mental
faculties and caused him to totally
lose touch with reality, Governor
Amaechi must know that his claims
and allegations are untrue.
We can only assume therefore that
he is deliberately spewing
malicious falsehood in a desperate
effort to incite the people of Rivers
State and Nigeria against his
assumed political foes.
We warn him that there are legal,
constitutional and moral limits to
political rascality beyond which he
will not be allowed to go without
repercussions.
The immunity which he currently
enjoys notwithstanding, Governor
Amaechi should be under no
illusions: A day of reckoning will
surely come when he will answer
for all his actions and false
allegations against President
Jonathan, the First Lady and the
Federal Government.
He should also know that Nigerians
are aware of the truth and will
never be fooled or swayed by his
arrant opportunism and anti-
Jonathan rantings.
Nigerians know that while Mr.
Amaechi falsely accuses others of
corruption, he cannot show or
explain to the people of Rivers
State what he has done with the
billions of Naira that has accrued to
the state under his tenure.
They also know that while Amaechi
continues to falsely accuse the
Jonathan Administration of having
done nothing for Rivers State, he
has recklessly squandered huge
state resources on dubious, vain-
glorious projects or self
aggrandizement.
Nigerians will know too that while
he falsely alleges that Rivers and
other states have not received
funds due to them from the
Federation account, the only
outstanding allocation was for
September, which was released to
all states well over a week ago.
The Governor should stop trying to
make President Jonathan the
scapegoat for his woeful
performance in Rivers State and
look to his own very apparent
failings and incompetencies.
He should also stop blackmailing
the First Lady who has demanded
nothing from him other than good
governance, justice, equity,
fairness, real development and
progress in Rivers State.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
October 26, 201
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