The Governor of Rivers State,
southern Nigeria, Rotimi Amaechi,
has disclosed that he incurred the
wrath of President Goodluck
Jonathan because he was seen to be
exposing a lot of corrupt activities
going on in government.
Amaechi also gave the impression
that the President and his wife can
never keep to their promises, recalling
how they held several meetings with
him begging him to deliver the state
to Jonathan during the 2011
presidential election with the promise
that they would never trouble him
again, a promise they did not keep.
Governor Amaechi, who spoke
exclusively with The NEWS magazine,
our sister publication, listed many
instances where his actions
infuriated President Jonathan and his
wife, Patience, who he described as a
de facto President.
First among the reasons for the battle
to bring him down, according to
Amaechi, is the desperate ambition of
Dame Patience Jonathan to see
herself and be addressed as the
political ‘lord’ of Rivers State, her
home state despite the fact that she
is even not recognised by the
constitution and is not occupying any
elective office.
This seeming bottled-up anger
culminated in the incident that
occurred in Okrika, Patience’
hometown, in which she snatched the
microphone from the governor and
reprimanded him for saying he would
buy off some buildings around a
school and demolish it so as to create
enough space for extracurricular
activities for the school.
Governor Amaechi attributed the
crisis to three things: “the first was
the attempt by the wife of the
President to control the Rivers State
government. I remember when female
senators came to me after she met
with them.
“She said to them: ‘I am the highest
ranking officer from Rivers State and I
wonder why the Governor of Rivers
State does not accord me that
respect’.
“I said in law, I don’t see the office of
the wife of the President being
superior to that of the governor…The
resistance is what you are seeing.”
During Jonathan’s campaigns for
2011, he said the President and his
wife pleaded with him since he
(Amaechi) wanted to be assured that
if Jonathan emerged, there would not
be a multiplicity of presidents where
“you have the wife manipulating
power, everybody doing one thing or
the other.
“I wanted to make sure that I and the
Rivers people are fully protected. I
wasn’t convinced.
“Now, within the period, the President
had called me and the wife and we
sat together and made peace. There
again, they promised that nobody
would hurt me, nobody would do this
or that. That’s why this is a bit
difficult because there is nothing new
that they can tell me that they did not
tell me in 2011 and they did not keep
to their promise”.
He said the meeting was just
between him, the President and Mrs.
Jonathan and he secured their
promise to protect him, but “we had
hardly won the 2011 elections when
the wife descended on me and the
Rivers State Government.
“Basically, the only way you can
survive is if you then wake up in the
morning to say: ‘Good morning, ma.
My name is Rotimi Amaechi, governor
of Rivers State. Do I greet this person
or that person’?
“If she says no, then I don’t greet you.
But if you need to run the office of the
governor the way it is supposed to be
run, then you would certainly have a
disagreement with the wife of the
President
“It is about power and control. She
appears to be somebody who loves
power.”
The governor also said part of the
problem was that the President took
about 41 oil wells from Rivers and
handed them to Abia and Bayelsa, the
President’s state.
He also said the President was not
comfortable with the fact that he
(Amaechi) speaks his mind whenever
he had the opportunity.
For example, he said he had
complained many times about the
rising poverty and corruption among
public office holders in the country to
no avail even as the country’s
economy is in bad shape.
Another incident that pitched
Amaechi against the President was
that the former accused the World
Bank, during an event abroad, of
aiding Nigeria’s lamentable
corruption.
He also lamented the increasing
activities of oil thieves, adding that
attempts by his government to
subdue the thieves have also been
scuttled by the President because of
the problem between them, thus
making the country suffer the
consequence.
“My colleague, the governor of Benue
State, told me that teachers are on
strike in his state because of salary.
And you would see more in the next
few months. The country is broke.
“The amount of money being stolen is
enough to run this economy. They set
aside 455,000 barrels per day for
local refining. We don’t refine in
Nigeria. Crude is refined overseas,
brought back to Nigeria and then we
pay subsidy on it,” he said.
The governor made a lot of other
revelations as published in the current
edition of the magazine.
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/11/11/exclusive-why-jonathan-wife-are-fighting-me-amaechi/

Amaechi should just shut up and move on. He is making another futile attempt to deceive Nigerians. He is not a Saint!

Too busy to read all the long story jor

There is no revelation here, it remains the same old stories. No saint among Nigerian politicians including himself (Amaechi). Their corruption is directly proportional to the amount of power in their control.

Amechi please shut up.
We know you.

its all about power and ego with these people and the mumu masses will be taking sides.

OKKO: There is no revelation here, it remains the same old stories. No saint among Nigerian politicians including himself (Amaechi). Their corruption is directly proportional to the amount of power in their control.

But Ameachi's shamelessness can only affect the people of Rivers state while that of Jonathan not only affects Nigerians but the most populated country in the continent.

booked..

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ceo4eva: Both Amaechi and Jonathan are the same. So Amaechi should just shut up and move on. He is making another futile attempt to deceive Nigerians. He is not a Saint!

Exactly my thought. Who then do we believe? I guess none!

JECBOSS:
Exactly my thought. Who then do we believe? I guess none!

Ur guess is as good as mine. lol

Tired of Amaechi and Jonathan brouhaha. Bushmeat dey catch the hunter and there are noises. Anyway, such is only obtainable in Nigeria

Amaechi is obsessed with the kind of spirit of talkativeness only found in rare species of women prostitutes. No wonder he was the only G7 Prostitute portrayed with flat bosoms.

Ameachi has join d progresive,he is now talking like buhari,all pdp are liars,thieves,promise brokers,untrustfulness.no matter ur crime in pdp,come to apc,let Buhari train u to be truthful,honesty,keeping to promise and trust worthy

Okoro2015: Amaechi is obsessed with the kind of spirit of talkativeness only found in rare species of women prostitutes. No wonder he was the only G7 Prostitute portrayed with flat bosoms.

Bros, u wicked. see description. lol