The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Chibuzor Ugwuoha, was Sunday,27June arrested and reprimanded by the Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for contravening traffic law in Port Harcourt by allowing his convoy to drive against the traffic while seated in his car.

Gov. Rotimi Amaechi.
The incident which occurred at 3.22pm local time by the Eliozu fly-over bridge along Chief G.U. Ake road linking Aba Road and Ikwerre Road in Port Harcourt,Rivers State South South Nigeria, is coming barely 48hrs after South-South Governors intervened in the NDDC crisis that saved the board from being dissolved.
The NDDC boss’ convoy, made up of a Pilot car with Mobile Policemen and three other vehicles, had left their lane to the opposite lane heading towards the Governors car, unknown to them that Gov. Amaechi was driving himself, leading his convoy while on an unscheduled inspection of projects.
On sighting the convoy which was beating traffic, Governor Amaechi blocked the offending convoy, and ordered them to reverse and join the traffic properly, expressing surprise that the NDDC boss would allow the convoy in which he was traveling to drive against traffic.
The governor, who was enraged over the incident, said Ugwuoha is a public figure who should live by example and not to flout laws.
Governor Amaechi personally ensured that the convoy of the NDDC boss reversed and drove back over 500 metres to the exact point along the road where the convoy had violated traffic, before he continued on his inspection tour.
“If I can stay on the queue and obey traffic why can’t he do the same? It is his duty to be law abiding at all times,” Amaechi said.
The governor had personally ordered the arrest of a local government chairman from Abia State whom he caught driving against traffic along the busy Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway.
He was detained for several hours at the Police headquarters along Moscow road,Port Harcourt.
On several occasions, Governor Amaechi had arrested police escorts along the Trans-Amadi Industrial area, Port Harcourt and impounded both the escort vehicle they were driving and the company vehicle they were aiding to drive against traffic.
The governor who has often drives himself wearing a T-shirt atop a pair of shorts had also on several occasions arrested policemen extorting money from taxi drivers.
—Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/06/28/gov-amaechi-stops-nddc-boss-convoy-for-driving-against-traffic/

well done Guv

Beware of stray bullets Mr Guv.

Kudos to him! Lead by example.

oge4real:

Beware of stray bullets Mr Guv.

True talk o.

We need more gentlemen like this governor.

welldoen GUV.I hope the trend will be sustained

Amaechi is a port harcourt boi, didn't grow up abroad so he knws the city very well, drives himself alone most of the time. last year after a direction 2 reduce the cost of petrol is PH some petrol stations were still selling at d inflated price so the guy started driving himself around in a power bike going from one petrol station 2 another buying petrol (note he was wearing helmet so u can't tell who it is) went thru most stations and recorded their selling price. unfortunate to this particular sales girl who didn't knw who she was addressing even argued that there was no such directive from the governor so the guy took of his helmet n asked her to repeat what she said n she was like 'OMG!!!' needless 2 say the guy shut them down.

two gunshots for you oga Rotimi.

Infact Rivers State people will return you to the "Brick House" unopposed. And if you keep keeping on, we go add thrid tenure by popular demand.

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lol  At that signature. Good song though. Mad ppl should not go crazy!


That is my governor! 

I can be considered a Port Harcourt boy since I was raised there. Good times.

Pick one, PH, Enugu, Arochukwu, Aba, etc. . .

FL Gators:

Pick one, PH, Enugu, Arochukwu, Aba, etc. . .

Port Harcourt was where I was raised. Abia State is my home state. Arochukwu is where my family hails from. I have lived in Enugu, stayed in Aba and went to school in Ghana for two years at the University of Ghana.

Anything else?   

Lol wow, excuse me

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On sighting the convoy which was beating traffic, Governor Amaechi blocked the offending convoy, and ordered them to reverse and join the traffic properly, expressing surprise that the NDDC boss would allow the convoy in which he was traveling to drive against traffic.

Only in Nigeria.

“If I can stay on the queue and obey traffic why can’t he do the same? It is his duty to be law abiding at all times,” Amaechi said.

I like the way he handled this.

FL Gators:

Lol wow, excuse me

Oh I forgot, I live in Maryland, well DC no Maryland. DC/MD line.

What else do you want to know? Soon u be asking me to send u some personal pics.

i just like this guy.he has demystified the office.teach gbenga Daniel how to do it.

EzeUche:

Oh I forgot, I live in Maryland, well DC no Maryland. DC/MD line.

What else do you want to know? Soon u be asking me to send u some personal pics.  

Absolutely nothing. My bad.

Nice one Gov.

EzeUche:

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lol  At that signature. Good song though. Mad ppl should not go crazy!


That is my governor! 

Thanks!!

Thats my Guv also. PH for life

keep it up Gov,

God will keep this gov us o ?

awesome!

T.A. Orji would rather drive against the traffic wit his Bakassi Boys hitting ur car wit their machetes. When a pple fear--instead of respect--their leader, the climate, which is everything, is fouled.

nice

yes oh, this governor na correct man
kudos
once again porth harcourt is a safe heaven

The governors that need to learn a lesson in decorum from Amaechi would be Gbenga Daniel (Ogun) and Theodore Orji (Imo).
Gbenga Daniel's security men had brutalized a man for having his seat close to the governor's in a plane and refusing to stand up from his alloted seat.
Theodore Orji is even worse. His security men beat up a woman in the presence of her young daughter and in full glare of passers by. He then took it a notch higher some months later by abducting a young Nigerian citizen for daring to criticize him, detaining him, and personally administering lashes of the cane on his bare back. And you know what? Nothing came out of it.
Thumbs up to Gov Rotimi Amaechi. Another breed like Fashola. Just that two out of 36 makes me uncomfortable.

The Gov. you tried. but you no perfect the job. That NDDC guy should have been detain for like 24 hours and made to write an undertaking b4 they release him. By this other law breakers will shine their eyes.

Give us 5 Fashola and 5 Amaechi then we have hope in Nigeria that in the next 10 to 15 years our dream will come true

This is amazing so there is still a Gov who can still do this, this is a great news I am so proud of him, by this just few line I read about him I think he is a man of the people. Pls Hon. Gov. carry on you are one of the ones I can now refer to as Honourable you deserve it for what you have just done. Carry on God will bless you and next time any one of such behavior please detain him at least for 24 hrs so that he will learn a lesson and make others to sit up.

Kudos to governor rotimi .this is an exemplary show of leadership and infact,a sane and responsible.thumbs up

Kabikala:

The governors that need to learn a lesson in decorum from Amaechi would be Gbenga Daniel (Ogun) and Theodore Orji (Imo).
Gbenga Daniel's security men had brutalized a man for having his seat close to the governor's in a plane and refusing to stand up from his alloted seat.
Theodore Orji is even worse. His security men beat up a woman in the presence of her young daughter and in full glare of passers by. He then took it a notch higher some months later by abducting a young Nigerian citizen for daring to criticize him, detaining him, and personally administering lashes of the cane on his bare back. And you know what? Nothing came out of it.
Thumbs up to Gov Rotimi Amaechi. Another breed like Fashola. Just that two out of 36 makes me uncomfortable.

It's IKEDI OHAKIM not Theodore