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Delafruita: you would do readers a lot of good by using punctutation marks appropiately

Thanks for your observation and correction. I typed with a phone. However, please correct your typo above.

Demdem: One is certain for sure, any break down in law and order in Rivers is the fault of the retardeen.
Thank U Amaechi for speaking out now.

You see the highly revered Professor of Virology who told us on view point last Saturday He has never met Amaechi is now secretly paying solidarity visit to the governor in the night. Thanks to Amaechi loud mouth for making us know our prof better. During Odili's tenure since the professor had no house in Rivers State he was lodged at state liaison office Old GRA but one morning was attacked by Asari Dokubo due to his write up. He fell apart with Odili believing the governor did not act promptly on the issue.
While, since the CP didnot leak security secret to miscreants/ ex-militants but his oga at the top changing him cannot guarantee secrecy if the motive of the government is clean.

phantom: this is just to show case the achievements in health.what you ll see here are by no means exhaustive.these ones were part of the 60-60 programme i.e 60 health centres commissioned in 60 days.most of the commissionings were done by the commissioner of health sampson parker(as amaechi is not really a believer in commissioning projects)....enjoy!

primary health centre rumueme,churchill and elekahia

This are laudable projects no doubt cutting across the entire Rivers State. Supervision of health personnel including doctors posted to rural areas remains a challenge. Amaechi's major problem is not based on performance but talkative and arrogance. He recently admitted on radio programme that he was used to talking the way he does and such she be forgiven for that.

Symphony007: Chei. Ameachi has suffered...look a the idiots who call themselves chiefs, non of the m there is even head of a war canoe house, non are even on the amayanabo's cabinet. [b[b]]When did bekinbo sobrekon, a man who has been contesting rivers governorship on every party platform since 1999 [/b][/b]become a chief? When did dumo lulu briggs, a kid who lives off his father become a kalabari chief? Even his father O;B lulu briggs is not a titled chief, ha..ha..ha.. Jonathan's men in rivers are really amatuers.

You are wrong on the bolded. Have you forgotten Soberekon for the masses 1991 SDP campaign for the governorship. Back to the topic, they were deceived and if you are familiar with government propangada you know its true. You singled out a few who are not war canoe chiefs but cannot deny the fact the rest are war canoe chiefs. Please get your facts right and don't behave like that Abagworo who thinks he know much about Rivers state but knows no jack.

Sincere 9gerian: One of the predictions of the bizzare group called Association of Witches and Wizards in Nigeria is about to come to pass.

You will recall that the Association of Witches and Wizards in Nigeria made the following predictions early this year:

1 By the end of this year, you will hardly hear of any Boko Haram mayhem again

2 “This mega party when we looked at them and their future, they are good, they have good intentions, but at the last minute, before election, they will be thrown into disarray; they will have a big disagreement that will shatter the party and in-fighting over superiority. This discord will not be settled until the elections hold.”

3 Goodluck Jonathan will re-contest and he will win the 2015 election irrespective of whatever opposition that rises against him

4 Nigeria will not break or divide as the Americans have prophesied

5 And as for the current PDP National Chairman, he will have his hands full with many problems that will eventually swallow him

6 Babangida can take his money to support another party but he can’t rule this country again

7 If Buhari contests 100 times, he can’t rule this country again
http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/04/18/if-buhari-contests-100-times-he-cannot-rule-this-country-again-association-of-witches-and-wizards-in-nigeria/

Interesting!

So you believe their predictions so long as it serves your aim!

Mylove55: see as mumu full kalabari land,maybe na only thief chief.i wil somebody fight 4 ur injustice,and u are denyin d person 4 fighting 4 u,history wil never forget and forgive those thief chief.and history wil remember amaechi 4 fighting a good fight.it is not about supporting non performing Gej,is about justice

I believe you are only relying on the media propagada . As a young man I unfortunately lost some close friends between 1992 and 1997 due to the oil wells and boundary disput between Kalabari(Rivers) and Nembe(now in Bayelsa) so this struggle has Span over three decades. Amaechi just politicize this disput and try to gain sympathy on it. The creeks are so interwoven that this two Ijaw communities lived peacefully until oil discovery started putting them at war. Recall Rivers just took 76 wells from Akwa Ibom last year and Cross Rivers lost all their oil wells to Akwa Ibom within same period. Why was that not an issue.

Abagworo: You should have known that I put things the way they are. Kalabari people on the streets are very indifferent to this whole hullabaloo and the Chiefs obviously knew why they went to meet Amaechi and it was a show of solidarity. It is wrong to come out with this kind of publication and adding Ijaw suffix in order to portray what wasn't an issue which is ethnicity. Won't it sound silly if different ethnic groups in Rivers State start adding suffix to their names like I mentioned earlier? Ogoni-Hausa, Eleme-Hausa, Ekpeye-Edo, Ikwerre-Igbo etc.

Abagworo,
You are a funny guy! Moving from thread to thread claiming you know Rivers politics but clearly ignorant of what you are saying most times.You are obviously misleading yourself. All Rivers Ijaw go by that suffix and it is convenient for us so what is your headache. The chiefs clearly told you how they were deceived but you didn't comprehend that too bad. Why would they complain if they knew that was the mission. Which Kalabari people on the street do you know.

Benez: So, the wedding will run for more than a week. Hahahaha, I DEY LAUGH OOOO

So long as a perceive enemy appears on a report it is believed without using brains. Those who live in PH around civic centre area knows that the wedding she came for caused so much traffick problems. Her former aid got married and she was mother of the day. Infact Amaechi was invited but did not show up. She left PH sunday so how would 3days amount to 11days. Journalist are now used to hit up the current polity unnecessarily.

@ Ibime and Barcanista, thank you very much. Wakirike!

@Ibime and Barcanista,
Please stop embarrassing Wakirike on this thread with needless quarrels. You are already derailing the topic. It is people like you that made Okrika to get the name of the thread you are debating today.
As far back as 1972, Professor(Emeritus) Tekena Tamuno former Vice Chancellor of UI an Okrikan who happens to be a renowned historian took the fight to ensure an end to the name " Okrika wake up". Whereas the location of the famous Okrika Jetty is true which enabled used clothes/ other sundry goods to be traded, the wake up call was made to stop Okrikans from frequent internal fighting as it was believed then fighting era in Riverine (Ijaw)had past. Infact, a bloody stony-fight eschew in 1962 between the two groups Tuboniju and Koniju (which Ibime and Barcanista are laying claims to) and Professor Tekena has written several memoirs on this.
I want to rest my case as I am too busy now in the office to make more comment.

Abagworo: The Ogoni enjoy that sympathy for not ever having a shot at the Governorship of the State from 1967 till date. It is based purely on sentiments and is so much talked about in most gatherings including Churches.

I understand fully the sentiment you opined but it does not seem to be a popular one as Kalabari, opobo,etche, abua etc will tell you similar stories. Lets not quarrel over this back to topic.

Abagworo: The truth is gradually coming out like I've always written here. They want Sekibo as Governor but an Ogoni will be the next Governor. The fight is between Rivers masses/residents and Abuja politicians. Let's see how it turns out.

Can you explain the bolded! Again who are the Rivers masses/residents who approved that Sekibo should not be governor but an Ogoni man. You guys keep complicating the Rivers state political crises.

baby_123: Not excited about this. The environmental implications are not good at all. Its not worth it. Refineries are better off in isolated arid areas. A place in the north will be good. Dangote cannot come and destroy the SW. We know how he can use government contacts to do what he wants. What are you going to do with money you can't enjoy? The people of Ondo should reject this. We as a country have not reached the point where we monitor and punish offenders of environmental pollution. Let him lay pipelines all the way to Gombe or Gongola or one of those sparsely populated states. If he's worried about security, he should warn the northerners.

This is a genuine concern about the environmental implication. I hope they did a good EIA and should allow the community to extensively study it and agree to it. The effluence discharge from the refinery in other locations have destroyed marine life and farmlands with life expectancy cut down.
We definitely need bold investment like that can create needed jobs but then the best practices should be adopted.

Demdem: U should understand that there are no permanent friends or foes in politics but permanent interest. As at today, both wike and sekibo has the same interest and that explains my conclusion. Both are currently brainstorming in making sure Amaechi is brought to his knees.
Did u listen to the news, this morning. Rythm reported about some members of ACN suspended from the party in which sekibo asked the populace to ignore. Even within ACN itself, there are factions.

I get your point now. Amaechi seems to be a common enemy in this case to the duo. While my earlier post was to clarify that ACN Rivers State did not come from the blue but has been critical of Amaechi government since 2011. Jerry Needam (ACN Spokes person)has featured strongly in the campaign against Amaechi government.

Demdem: In addition to the above, ACN Rivers also have an ally in Wike who also ant the downfall of Amaechi. Really dont know u are driving at however i doubt if u know my position.

The point am driving at is that you claimed Wike and Sekibo are padis which is not true. Note their are two Sekibo's. Dr Abiye Sekibo who controls the structure of ACN Rivers State and arch rivals to Wike/Amaechi in 2011 elections. However, Senator George Sekibo (PDP Rivers east) seems to be neutral as he does not seem to be deeply involved in the crisis.

Demdem: Wike and sekibo are padis so its understandable. What am yet to find out is princewill position. He seems to be quiet of recent.

Demdem, You know that ACN Rivers state has been criticising Amaechi on every issue of governance since 2011. Local tabloids and electron media has myriads of such criticism since then. Infact prior to the purchase of the jet their was so much campaign against it by ACN. Another one is the procurement law of rivers state as amended which allows the governor 30percent of the budget without legislative approval.Why are we economical with the truth. ACN Rivers office was closed down twice by Amaechi revoking C/O from their landlord and you think they will not latch on any opportunity to nail him.

Gbawe: OBJ saying GEJ has to go in 2015? Pretty much the opinion of most political stakeholders outside the ND. There is no way a Politician can be as openly treacherous, as wantonly divisive, as callously disappointing and anti-people as GEJ is (to virtually everyone including Political colleagues and ordinary Nigerians) yet said politicians can expect to have any form of support base outside his own region which the blindly ethnocentric nature of Nigerians guarantees. We wish GEJ 'goodluck' even getting the PDP ticket in 2014.

You are not tired of this your empty rants. You have often describe OBJ as the originator of these problems and yet his opinion about 2015 makes sense to you provided GEJ is involved. Grow up boy if you not a man already. You think NLers take you serious this days.

PointB: Powerful woman she is then. Amechi's should have tangoed with his mate, rather than picking a fight with a woman. By the way, I didn't read any of those propaganda and beer parlour scoops.

Thanks, you know that NL is an online beer parlour where we are served all kinds of drinks ranging from monkey tail, kaikai,konu, star to ogogoro and forumites fall on the ground believing anything posted. Well sometimes when you get tired in the office you just give it a minute to ease off!

abagoro: Sekibo cannot rule Rivers State in 2015 and there's nothing to stop the Ogoni as long as the rest of Rivers State is behind them. Even if Abbey must not emerge, then Abuja people should look for another Ogoni replacement or better still create Ogoni State.

You are a dreamer, George Sekibo cannot rule but your brother Magnus Abbey can rule. What qualities does Senator Abbey have over Senator Sekibo for you to come up with that rants. Nigerians should grow above tribalism and depend on merit.

egift: This article is a wack job by a hired sycophant for an Akwa Ibiom thug against a percesived enemy.

For your information, George Kerley is an activist and former president of rivers state students. He worked with Amaechi and Odili till recently when he joined N DDC. Most of the points raised are facts except few. So why not challenge the content of the article.

Stanley Azuakola: How Gov. Amaechi gets away with eveything
admin April 12, 2013 0

by Stanley Azuakola

I remember when I first noticed the Rivers governor, Chibuike Amaechi, in a TV interview. It was in 2005 or 2006, and he was speaker of the Rivers state assembly then. My first impression of him was: Ah, what a childish man! He had shifty eyes and looked restless – fidgeting nonstop, flying from one point to another before the first had been well made, and at different times during the interview, I noticed how he played unconsciously with items on his desk in his office where the interview held. “And this is the man who wants to govern Rivers state?” my brother said to me. “We are finished,” I responded.

We were certain the PDP candidate would become governor, and at that time Amaechi was the runaway favourite, so we were resigned to fate. Then things happened quickly. Olusegun Obasanjo, the president at the time, suddenly realised that Amaechi’s candidacy had “k-legs” and he was unfairly kicked out of the ticket. When he was disqualified, I felt no sympathy for him. By then, my mind was made up anyway – after 8 years of enduring Peter Odili’s reckless rule, I would sooner have voted for a cow than a PDP candidate. My vote in that election went for someone else, although the PDP’s Celestine Omehia – Amaechi’s cousin and usurper – was declared winner by Maurice Iwu’s INEC.

We know the story of Amaechi’s defiant fight and how he snatched an improbable judicial victory in the nation’s highest court. I was ambivalent about it all. I admired the tenacity, the discipline to go against the grain despite the entreaties to compromise. But I remembered how the Rivers assembly which he led for the 8 years of Odili’s misrule was just an appendage of the governor’s office, never going against the dictates of the Brick House (Rivers government house), and I shrugged. But Chibuike Amaechi surprised me.

Yes, my expectations were very low, but as governor from 2007 to 2011, Amaechi led a hardworking government, recording achievements in primary education, health care, agriculture and security. Rivers people cheered his every stride; we even cheered his excesses. Oh, there were many excesses, but who didn’t have those, we asked. He was authoritarian and could show an inhumane side like his slums demolitions project done without adequate notice or compensation, but these things needed to be done if progress is to be made; government was run as if on a whim, but that’s his unique style; he seemed to be doing everything at once, with no mind for structures or systems, hence unleashing chaos, but at least something was being done, nothing else mattered. We defended him at every turn.

Our governor is a maverick, he would follow his guts and damn the cost, we loved to say. In 2011, I was not in Rivers state during the elections. I would have voted for Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi if I was. Even though my family in Port Harcourt was divided on the choice of a presidential candidate to support, every one was Team Amaechi. Performance-wise, Amaechi has declined considerably since his re-election. His mind seems to have moved on past Rivers onto his 2015 ambitions. His every action seems to be with an eye for a bigger stage, he acts nowadays like one auditioning before a national audience. Port Harcourt roads continue to be an eyesore, despite his repeated assurances. In fact during a guided tour of projects in the state last August together with some other youths, his information commissioner hemmed and hawed when asked about roads.

We were shown those lovely accomplishments of the governor – the model primary and secondary schools (befitting), the primary health centres, the maxillofacial clinic, the Kelsey Memorial hospital (grand), the Songhai farm (ingenious), and others. The thing is that most of those were first term achievements – we continue to await the promises of the second term. Now, concerning the strain in Gov. Amaechi’s relationship with President Jonathan, the interests of the two men just do not align presently. The president’s handling of the matter in recent times has been bizarre – instigating divisions within the Nigeria Governors’ Forum; unleashing his surrogates (like the minister of the Niger Delta and the minister of state for education) on Amaechi; and allegedly – if a report by the Leadership newspaper is to be believed – placing Amaechi under constant surveillance. Unbelievably desperate moves by Aso Rock!

READ: The 7 Deadly Sins Of Governor Rotimi Amaechi However, Amaechi bears a chunk of the blame. I see the creeping rise of the governor’s churlishness, that pettiness which tarred my first impression of him eight or so years ago. But he has been fortunate. He is self serving and lacks a sense of proportion, yet we all – especially the media – continue to cut him so much slack. Last week in Ekiti, he spoke at the Symposium for Young and Emerging Leaders, and all his excesses were on full display again. It was a painful thing to watch. Amaechi was unprepared – he said so himself. But whereas for others, that might have served as a cautionary marker to watch what comes out of their mouth; for him it was a licence to run amok. It is unbecoming of the governor to use every given opportunity to throw barbs at the president.

Hear him: “On fuel subsidy, what have we done? A lot. That’s why they want to remove me as chairman of the Governor’s Forum. They face a radical chairman that’s why they want me removed.” Interestingly, in 2012, when they – meaning President Jonathan – took the bold, mistimed, callous decision to remove subsidy on fuel and the whole nation was about to combust, all the fingers pointed to Aso Rock. Amaechi and the other governors in the NGF from all parties, the instigators, remained strategically silent, allowing the president take the hits on their behalf. To be clear, Amaechi never said he was opposed to the removal, but no one heard him come out to speak forcefully in backing the president. When labour leaders met with him during the Occupy protest in Rivers, he said, “Please let’s bear with the president, we have only one country.”

Then in the midst of it, he announced a N4 subsidy, slashing the price from N141 to N137 in Rivers, and asking that motorists cut fares which had increased following the subsidy removal. And that’s exactly how he does it – by playing both ways. On the one hand he announced the laughable N4 subsidy and the bus fare slash, small gestures intended to show that he was making motion; securing his ‘lovability.’ Behind the scene however, he maintained pressure on the president to stay firm and not budge to the people’s demands, and he was at the forefront of the hawks who clamoured for soldiers to be deployed to Ojota (he mockingly said so himself at the symposium.) Let’s hear more quotes from Amaechi: “Because government is the biggest enterprise in the country, that’s why when the president enters, everybody catches cold, so that’s why I keep getting advise ‘Amaechi don’t talk again oo…’” and “I went to Turkey with the president and that’s the last trip I went with him. They don’t like taking me to travel with them…” and “They’ve threatened me with the EFCC, they’ve hunted me, there’s nothing they’ve not threatened me with… If I was not a governor with immunity, they would have taken me down.”

Did I mention that people cheered him on? But of course! We love the “me” vs. “them” stories which Amaechi tells so well. His “David” vs. “Goliath” epics, in which he is always the “David” with his tongue for a sling and haughty words for stones, felling every giant in sight. But while he ‘photoshops’ his narration of his records, he cannot photoshop our memories. And we remember that it was he who pushed for the noxious Rivers Governor and Deputy Governor Fringe Benefits Bill last year which entitles all Rivers ex-governors and their ex-deputies to two houses in Rivers and Abuja, three new vehicles to be replaced yearly, 300 per cent funding for any furniture of their choice, pension equivalent to the annual basic salary of the incumbent governor or deputy, amongst other benefits. These bills of course would be footed by the Rivers taxpayer.

The assembly members couldn’t dare oppose the bill. You see, part of Amaechi’s ‘maverism’ is that he doesn’t tolerate dissent. Imagine if it was Jonathan who had proposed and signed such an obscene law – Verily, verily I say unto you, the nation would have known no peace. When you hear Amaechi describe Jonathan as a “dictator”, you wonder if it’s not the same Amaechi who sacked 11 duly elected local government chairmen because they failed to attend a meeting at the Governors’ Office. When you hear him claim to be a Marxist and a radical socialist opposed to the ‘greed of capitalism’, you wonder if it’s not the same guy who six months ago blew $45 million to procure a new Bombardier jet. Oh, and by the way, in Ekiti, when he saw a small reference to the absurdity of his jet purchase in an Enough is Enough (EiE) flyer which was distributed at the event, he simply accused the executive director of EiE, Yemi Adamolekun, of “trying to incite people against me. Tomorrow when you come and ask me to carry you in my jet, I won’t.” “Hahahahaha,” roared the audience.

Our maverick has spoken. So in essence, Amaechi has a blank cheque – he can say whatever he likes (“kidnapping can be seen as a form of redistribution of wealth”), change positions whenever he likes (“Orubebe is an incompetent minister”/January 2013; “Orubebe is a transformational leader”/March 2013), and still have everyone in his corner. What a charmed life!

He’s the only one who can condemn oppression and claim to be an oppressor while making the same speech, and be applauded both times because he is just being himself, he speaks his mind, and he is a maverick. No, no, no, he is a politician, people! He should be judged on a case by case basis and the press should not be too quick to make excuses for him. The governor is not incompetent and he is by no means a failure.

If any comparison is made between him and the president, only the deliberately mischievous can claim that Jonathan has been a better performer. But it’s time to tell him that he hasn’t done anything extraordinary, that he is taking his eyes off the ball, that his double speak and double mindedness would not go unchallenged henceforth and that for some time Rivers people have been reaping thorny fruits of his neglect.

It’s time for someone to tell Gov. Amaechi that he talks too much, that he needs to tone down on his self-serving arrogance and that next time he feels the need to criticise President Jonathan, he should go right ahead, but only after removing the Iroko trunk in his own eyes.

INSTEAD I WILL VOTE VOID

kenny1911: Your claim is laughable. i'm not sure you are from rivers state.

Kenny 1911,
In as much as I dislike Amaechi due to attitude, his claim of Celestine Omehia supporters beating police men on 2011 election did happened. Infact the TUC chairman corroborated it by his own experience on election monitoring on air that day. I am sure you will also not argue that Omehia has a mansion built by JB for him at GRA. Back to topic on Amaechi suspension.

It is rather surprising how people who know nothing about Rivers politics commenting on how Rivers people will vote in 2015. GEJ has not performed as expected but Rivers State will give him block vote anytime. Amaechi is seen by an average Rivers man as too arrogant and insolent. The ACN in Rivers State has been making an all out fight on Amaechi ever since he took office and more fiercely when he planned to purchase the jet. ACN in Rivers State is controlled by Abiye Sekibo whom Amaechi will not like to align with for obvious reasons. Amaechi best bet is to join a new party or reconcile. Those thinking he would join APC should not be so sure.
The likes of Wike and co once dined with him and fought to their last strenght to make him what he is. As we speak Amaechi has no reliable PDP supporters. I have it on good authority even his commissioners cannot be trusted as they are supporting him only in open but secretly aligning with Wike's group.

Gentle Naaz: U people wr late in ds aproval; mean while, GEJ's declaration has already bn backd up by action prior 2 ds late senate's approval.

So if you country is at war you wait for senate to approve before mobilizing troops. I think everything is in order as per the declaration except the constitution says otherwise.

Symphony007: Last week, thousands of women matched on port harcourt wearing black warning abuja to hands off their state. Youths are planning theirs...jonathan bows to odili who built the airport bridge that collapsed months ago and is now bullying the man who has rebuilt the bridge better in a matter of months. Rivers people are watching, they are not stupid.

The same last week you quoted women came out in their thousand to insist that CP should be retained. Try to balance issues if you are really in Rivers State. This is politics at play here. Pro-Amaechi group hired some market women for rally and the Wike group countered that by hiring the same market women under different women mobilizers. This women are tools used for selfish purpose as they are paid a paltry two to four thousand naira for this campaigns.
You claimed youths are planning theirs... my question how many unemployed youth would willingly go out for such rubbish. I know a few guys who are pro-Amaechi been compelled to mobilize youths after receiving some money for it. So don't be surprise to see the so-called youths and counter youths. Newtons third law of motion readily comes to mind. In the long run the ordinary Rivers people suffers all this as this politicians may settle in the future.

Demdem: The bottom line is the secretariat that was under lock and key should be opened and continue to operate headed by the caretaker chairman. beside, the secretariat itself and the divisional police station are neighbours so the police has never left the premises even before the crisis.

Well, I only stated what the judgment meant and not as the OP intend us to believe. Unfortunately, the police vacated the council and there is much crises there now. The council power generating house burnt down and lots of commotion going on right now. I wonder which is preferable. I hope this Rivers crises don't cause the life of innocent people.

The court ordered the police to keep minimal personnel to allow the council to operate and pay salaries. Don't get it twisted as there was no time it ordered the police to completely vacate the council secretariat.

Akainzo: I would be very happy for you to highlight how this Governor (Amaechi) had persecuted the certain LGA Chairman? Please I would appreciate it that you humour me , and the vast majority, that would not know HOW thios persecution has taking place so that we can juxtapose it with what bis currently going on.

Hello Akainzo,
Everyone who speaks the truth knows that here in Rivers State Amaechi has been arbitrary suspending/removing the L.G.A chairmen from his first tenure and more massively in the second tenure. In the first tenure, Okrika LGA chairman was sacked because it was alleged that he was among people that were sighted in Yenegoa welcoming Madam Patience Jonathan. Many more inter alia including rude interference with activities of Rivers state university of science and technology. In the second tenure, only recently he suspended three LGA chairmen alleging they came late to a meeting. He sacked commissioner of special duties as it was alleged he was among those that welcomed Wike Nyesom from the airport. He then again suspended Okrika LGA chairman for over 4 months for no just cause. Obio/Akpor council suspended using the rubber stamp assembly in retaliation for the high court ruling in favour of Felix Obuah led PDP in Rivers State meanwhile Ahoada East LGA chairman alleged to be massively corrupt is walking free after several petitions against him. What more do you need to prove he is oppressive. His supporters knows his arrogance and only do so on personal grounds.

Gbawe: No, I don't hold Amaechi to be an angel. I stand to be corrected by citizens of his State but I was of the opinion that Amaechi has done well overall. Yet, that is not even my reasoning for speaking here. Amaechi has the right to run for any office he wants. It is not good for Nigeria for our Politics to be full of yes-men who run away the minute their superior says "boo". That is what will deliver dictators everywhere to leave us with "might is right" politics.

Amaechi stood up to OBJ to be Governor when OBJ was determined to deny him of that opportunity. It is therefore in character for Amaechi to stand up for his ambition of running for higher office in 2015. GEJ should simply embrace the idea of democratically testing his popularity instead of trying to bully everyone out of the way. Amaechi is not Sylva either. Many like him and will not be comfortable with GEJ's bullying of the man since everyone knows what is behind it.

Gbawe,
I think the point most contributors in this thread who I believe some are Rivers people like myself are saying is that Amaechi's strength is over hyped. Wike is instrumental to his success both the supreme court case that brought him in first tenure and the second tenure win. Just last week Amaechi used the house of assembly to sack the elected chairman and exco of Obio/Akpor LGA where Wike comes from. The same Amaechi is dealing with all other LGA to see him as God and every true Rivers man can give you the story of these experiences. Amaechi made some remarkable achievement first tenure but all that is lost due to is insolence and running around national issues. Whereas Dickson may be an ass licker to GEJ, but the candid advice of the governors forum as a peer review mechanism cannot be over-emphasized.
Please mark my word without Wike or a reconciliation, Amaechis is finished!

Great. I have learnt alot from this post.

peleson: U can't say where I hail from my discussion because am all round a nigerian that knows what's going on! As for GEJ n OMPADEC, he was a supervisor n not even a director,was a lecturer in college of education rivers state. Amaechi was a PA to Odili n eventually a chairman on board of 2 Rivers State own companies. One of which is the agro palm farm at el. So, you see? Amaechi was around before GEJ arrived. If u say GEJ has taken over, that is so right. Hence, never ever insult the person of Dakuku Peterside because he has bin around as Amaechi has also bin around.

Pelescon,
You are definetely an Opobo man. We know Dakuku has empowered some of you but its not enough to spew lies here. The agro palm you mentioned is moribund so why reference it here as if it was achievement on Amaechi while he was a houseboy to Odili.