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Hope For Nigeria wrote:
**JUST IN**
Gov Amaechi Visits Omehia, Pleads, “Please
Withdraw Suit At Supreme Court.
**“I know I have offended you. I am ready to
compensate you.
**"We can work together. Please accept to
withdraw the case from the Court.
**If you fail to withdraw and I am sacked by
the
Supreme Court both of us will be the losers.
Somebody will benefit”
Faced with the political battle of his life,
embattled governor of River state, Chibuike
Rotimi Amaechi has paid a surprise visit to his
cousin and former governor, Sir Celestine
Omehia in a bid to reconcile with him.
Pointblanknews.com sources hint that Amaechi
had several months ago made efforts to
reconcile with Omehia but the latter refused to
cooperate with him. He is also reported to
have
sent emissaries to plead on his behalf, all to no
avail.
The source said Amaechi finally met Omehia on
Thursday, May 23, 2013, few hours to the day
the Nigerian Governors’ Forum election took
place.
The visit which took place at Omehia’s Abuja
residence provided Amaechi the opportunity
he
had long craved for to reconcile with his
estranged cousin.
Amaechi was said to have gone on the
reconciliation visit with the suspended Leader
of
the State House of Assembly, Hon. Chidi Lloyd
and among other dependable allies.
Both Omehia and Amaechi had maintained
hard
stance since the former was booted out of
office
by the October 25, 2007 controversial Supreme
Court ruling in favour of the latter.
While Amaechi rejoiced and celebrated for
reclaiming his mandate, Omehia was left alone
in the cold gnashing his teeth. It was then that
it
dawned on him that the hundreds of thousands
of supporters, loyalists and admirers who
flocked
around him did so because of what they got
and
hoped to get – political fair weather friends. As
though that was not enough, the Supreme
Court
ruling clause, which stated that he (Omehia)
never existed in the eyes of the law was
interpreted by his successor and implemented
to
the last letter that he was not and should not
be
addressed as a former governor.
Sources at the Rivers state Government House
told Pointblanknews.com that Amaechi hated
his
cousin to the extent his name (Omehia’s name)
is
not on the Govt. House protocol list as a very
important personality (VIP) let alone a former
governor.
“It is like Amaechi is regretting most of his
actions against Omehia.
Recently, he has made moves to reconcile with
him, but Omehia refused until he was placated
by their some of their Ikwerre kinsmen and a
reputable cleric in the state. Omehia’s
enlargement photograph that once adorned the
executive council chambers of the Govt. House
was also removed. This is just a tip of the
iceberg
of what Celestine Omehia went and has been
going through all these years,” the source said.
No sooner had his cousin, Amaechi assumed
office as the State Chief Executive than the
state
treasury was declared emptied by his
predecessor, Omehia as well as the contracts
duly awarded and paid for while his five month
regime lasted was dubbed reckless spending of
public funds by Amaechi.
To Omehia, it was a nightmare that same
Amaechi who was instrumental to his selection
as his substitute sequel to the K-leg saga could
go
so far to unseat him and press further to
ridicule
him even in his predicament.Since then there
has never been any love lost between the two
brothers.
The enmity did not stop there, all their
supporters also partook in the fight. The
Amaechi/Omehia feud also spread to all that
related to the fighting giants.
Even the Ubima community has not been the
same ever since, with Omehia’s loyalists still
feeling aggrieved and nursing animosity against
the jubilant new dictators that see themselves
as
Amaechi’s hatchet men.
Having nowhere to appeal what he described as
gross injustice by the Supreme Court, Omehia
may have resorted to prayers, hoping God
would
provide him consolation no man, no politician
could give him.
He was later to decamp the Peoples
Democratic
Party who rather than identify with him at this
moment of need chose to follow Amaechi to
make up for its losses.
He was lucky that the All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA) was handy to accept and
compensate him with the governorship flag of
the party in 2011, four years after.
Even though Sir Celestine Omehia did not win
the election and came second, little did he
know
that the April 26, 2011 would provide him the
opportunity to express his anger and
disapproval
of what he suffered in the hands of Governor
Amaechi and the PDP.
That was when one Cyprian Chukwu went to an
Abuja High Court to secure a ruling that
Amaechi
should not stay in office a day longer than May
28,
2011 even against the INEC’s position that the
governorship election in Rivers State would be
in
October 2011, when Amaechi would have
completed his four year first term.
Amaechi was sworn into office on October 27,
2007.
Based on this contested court ruling, the INEC
went ahead to conduct elections in Rivers State
on April 26, 2011 in which Amaechi
participated
on the platform of the PDP.
To Omehia, this amounted to tenure reduction
which is as a serious offence as term
elongation.
Consequently, he (Omehia) went to court to
challenge the alleged illegality which is still in
court and seen by many as a potential threat to
Amaechi.
Despite all the delay tactics by the incumbent
administration to scuttle the effort, Omehia
has
refused to give up, hoping he will get justice
even if it means cancelling the April 26, 2011
election which both Amaechi and Omehia are
praying for in the Appeal Court.
Amaechi’s fear in this regard is understandable.
Not just losing the case to Omehia but it’s most
unlikely that he will be renominated as the PDP
candidate in view of his present travails.
His political structure in the state has been
demolished with the sacking of his hatchet
man,
Chief G. U. Ake and his lieutenants, the 27
members of the State House of Assembly that
pretend to be on his side are also suspended
from the party.
To the majority of the PDP governors across
the
country, PDP leaders and the Presidency,
Amaechi is a persona-non-grata.
The Nigerian Governors Forum is more or less
destroyed with two factions claiming victory in
the last election.
Amaechi’s supporters are mainly of the
opposition parties who do not have a say in
PDP
and therefore not in position to help him out.
To add salt to injury, the PDP National Working
Committee (NWC), Monday, May 27, 2013,
Amaechi’s birthday, wielded the big stick,
suspending him from the party for anti-party
activities.
This is the second time Amaechi is being
suspended from PDP. The first time was in
2007
and was reinstated when he became governor.
As hopeless as the situation seems, Amaechi’s
scanty supporters in the state still believe their
principal will weather through the storm
unscathed. But he who wears the shoes knows
where it pinches.
This explains why meeting and reconciling with
his hurt cousin, Omehia, even if it means
kneeling down for him is now a necessity.
Who knows what else his detractors may be
coming up with? More so, as dumping the PDP
and joining another party may not help
matters.
The new electoral laws, pointblanknews.com
learnt, does not allow that except one wishes to
forfeit his position which he (Amaechi) may not
contemplate.
Doing so may be a direct passport to the
nation’s
Siberia – the EFCC.
Though details of the reconciliation meeting
between the duo is still scanty as at press time,
it’s not likely that the reconciliation that could
not be contracted in the House of God as once
brokered by Archbishop Ignatius Kattey will
easily scale through via close doors.
Meanwhile, a powerful lawmaker (name
withheld) who was also in the delegation to see
Sir Celestine Omehia told Pointblanknews.com
that Amaechi almost knelt down in tears to beg
Omehia to forgive him.
“I know I have offended you. I am ready to
compensate you. We can work together. Please
accept to withdraw the case from the Court. If
you fail to withdraw and I am sacked by the
Supreme Court both of us will be the losers.
Somebody will benefit”, Amaechi lamented.
According to same source, Amaechi was with
Omehia on Thursday May 23, 2013 till about
2am
on Friday, May 24, 2013 and repeated same
day
at 8am.
Omehia was said to have bluntly refused to
accept the offer and plea to withdraw the case
from the Supreme Court but told Amaechi to
give him time to think about
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Where do we place this junk?beer parlour or hairdressing salon gossip?First there was d tales by moonlight about the CBN gov,now Amaechi.When did Naija newspaper start investigative journalisms of this sought?Lazy junk writters seeking for gullible minds to decieve.Wait,did i just waste some precious minutes of my time reading and commenting on this junk?Na w o,me and the op sef i dont know who come yeye pass.

Willy7: Where do we place this junk?beer parlour or hairdressing salon gossip?First there was d tales by moonlight about the CBN gov,now Amaechi.When did Naija newspaper start investigative journalisms of this sought?Lazy junk writters seeking for gullible minds to decieve.Wait,did i just waste some precious minutes of my time reading and commenting on this junk?Na w o,me and the op sef i dont know who come yeye pass.

Proper education & objectivity would have made u 2 read d piece very well & then make reasonable comment than go into insults. Well, I feel Amaechi is having tough times & may see more if he doesn't renege on pomposity & arrogance. d select few frm now support may abandon him when d time is ripe