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thelastPope: Have you been living under a rock? He is on his own. Last week, kalabari chiefs told him to his face he should go and reconcile with the president if he has any issues.[b] You think ND people will support an Amaechi who wants to be second fiddle to an aboki over GEJ? Think again bro... ;)

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That is the only reason your likes castigate Amaechi, because of the alleged plans of him becoming a vice to a northerner. You forget that if the northern governors had not supported GEJ, he won't be there today. Besides, GEJ promised to serve for just one term because according to their PDP zoning, it was time for the north. You fail to see that GEJ/PEJ want Amaechi out by all means even though he is doing better than most PDP governors because they want to hold on to power. You refuse to see that GEJ has not done much as president ( forget all those propaganda in the papers) You fail to ask yourself if the presidency of GEJ has been of any particular benefit to Niger deltans. Why don't you stop being unnecessarily tribalistic, even if you live off GEJ presently, be truthful for once. One day, GEJ will leave Aso rock, whether in 2015 or 2019.

AMAECHI off course!

Rhino.4dm:
Where do you live in Rivers State?

Please ask him

ocman: GEJ AND PEJ ALL THE WAY........NORTH YOU ARE DREAMING. WAITING TILL 2099

Its PEJ contesting as GEJ's vice in 2015?

noblezone: Take GEJ and Amaechi to the arrogance meter and see who talks as if he owns the world.

I witnessed ballot papers torn and voters pushed out of polling booths because they did not vote for Amaechi.
So you really think anybody who distastes Amaechi's tyranny must have received money from Wike?
I wonder how some you cannot just express your opinion without insults?

I am not from Rivers, so I am not interested one bit in Rivers money.
Neither am I saying that Amaechi is not doing projects in Rivers State.

We are talking about performance, sincerity of purpose, vision and focus not arrogance. Is there anywhere in the constitution that says an elected leader should be impeached for arrogance. BTW, why do you say Amaechi is arrogant? Because he insists on what is right. We should rather have deceitful leaders who speak from both sides of their mouths.

figment232: Amaechi would be impeached b4 2015 mark my word

Power belongs to God, not to GEJ or PEJ. Even if Amaechi is impeached, will GEJ remain in office forever? One day, all of them will leave office and others will take over. History will judge everyone.

noblezone: Amaechi is a tyrant!

I live in Port Harcourt, so I know.

The Commissioner is only confirming what we all know.
During the 2011 guber polls, we witnessed how Amaechi compromised and pocketed the police force.
Corp members who assisted in the elections were shown the dirty side of Nigerian politics.

I salute the courage of the Commissioner to challenge the tyrant.
Power intoxicates and Amaechi will surely be disgraced!

If this Commissioner has collected money from Amaechi and keeps quiet, nairalanders would have loved him.
The truth is that Amaechi has taken his demented manners to the national level and he who fetched the ant infested firewoods has invited lizards to a feast.

Sorry o, I live in PH as well. Who is really power intoxicated between GEJ/PEJ and Amaechi. Amaechi will never be disgraced because he has done better than most governors, even better than GEJ. His works are there for all to see,and that is what democracy is all about. Not this dirty tribal and money politics you people are playing. People abusing Amaechi in Rivers are those who have been compromised financially by PEJ/Wike, or who think when Amaechi leaves, Rivers money will available to share amongst them. Amaechi was voted in just like GEJ, nobody can remove him until he completes his term.

emk4lif: Why are nairalanders so dumb sef,the US assistant secretary of state has been visiting the niger delta states ....delta,bayelsa,and rivers as a sort of assessing the current security situation now u illiterates are calling it an endorsement, I guess he also endorsed Uduagahan and Dickson bah, SMH

Why not post the reports of the visits to the other Niger delta states.

lekanolas: The First Lady’s visit to Rivers State has began to take the shape of a political campaign to weaken the popularity base of Amaechi and deploy the machinery to establish a strong political structure for President Goodluck Jonathan, come 2015.

Dame Patience Jonathan, who relocated to Port Harcourt last week, has kickstarted efforts to draw support for her husband towards 2015 Presidential election, as she yesterday visited a prominent traditional ruler in the state capital, who is a known antagonist of the governor and the father of the suspended Chairman of Obior/Akpor Local Government Area, urging him to support her husband’s 2015 presidential bid.

Mrs. Jonathan, in her usual character, stormed the palace of Eze Omunnakwe Nyeche Nsirim, the Nyewali of Rumeme Community in Port Harcourt, with a large entourage and urged the traditional ruler to use his influence to garner support for her husband, if and whenever he declares his intention to run for second term as president.

She said: “I am here to thank you and appreciate the role you and my people of Rivers State played in voting for my husband in the 2011 presidential election. Rivers people voted massively for my husband. I am your daughter and my husband is your son. I want you to support him when time comes. I know you will not disappoint us. We on our part will never forget you.”
In his speech, Eze Nsirim assured the First Lady of the support of Rivers people for her husband, come 2015.

In a veiled reference to Governor Amaechi, the monarch condemned those he described as Northern apologists, accusing them of betraying their brother, President Jonathan by supporting a candidate of Northern extraction for the forthcoming 2015 elections.

http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/amaechi-plans-street-protest-against-security-breaches/

Why is she not saying what her husband has done for Rivers state these 3years he's been in office, rather she is promising not to forget the paramount ruler if he supports her husband. Only those who are benefiting financially from PEJ and GEJ in Rivers would support them. What projects have they done in Rivers?

Let her hurry up with whatever she came for and go back to Abuja please! She is making life unbearable for us in PH.

Policewoman: The CP is not being professional by exchanging words with the Governor of the state he is serving in. My honest opinion.

Don't mind him, he was transferred there by PEJ. She wants to stay in Abuja and control security in Rivers. She and her husband should leave Rivers State alone and mind Bayelsa where they have planted a stooge who can not perform.

BekeeBuAgbara: Are you in another planet?

Why not explain to us how he attacked GEJ.

The US acknowledge Amaechi's work and achievements, while PEJ and her husband want him out by all means because of their unbridled love for power. Gov Amaechi, keep it up! Your good works will always speak.

YES! Port harcourt has lost its attraction for cultists and political assassinations. Haba! Is this what politics is all about? Lying blatantly in the face of obvious truth. Or this woman is simply losing her mind because of her hatred for Amaechi. SMH

Is this true or another abracadabra? The minister should have listed the hospitals that have been so equipped.

Abati In 2009: I Saw Ribadu In Rwanda By Reuben Abati
Posted: June 11, 2013 - 11:49

Reuben Abati
I Saw Ribadu In Rwanda, Reuben Abati
I ran into him at the reception lobby of the Hotel Des Milles Collines in Kigali. He had just arrived and was trying to check into the hotel: Nuhu Ribadu, the erstwhile Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission who lost his job under rather controversial circumstances, and who is regarded as having been unfairly treated by the Yar'Adua government. I hugged him. He had lost nothing of his humility, his sense of humour and his humanity. He didn't look like a man who had just been rough-tackled by the unpredictable Nigerian state whose moral compass is subject solely to the whims and caprices of whoever is in charge, and not necessarily principles and values.

The following morning, we sat together on the same long table, and I slipped a note to him. I wanted an interview with him for The Guardian. It is about time he told his story at great length. He read my note, and picked up his pen. I noticed that he is a Southpaw, and I chuckled remembering how so many southpaws tend to find themselves in the hot corners of history. In his response, he had said "we would discuss." We were both attending a conference organised by UNECA in collaboration with UNDP to assess the efficiency and impact of anti-corruption institutions in Africa. There were anti-corruption chiefs in attendance from various African countries.

Ribadu wouldn't grant an interview, but he was ready to discuss. "I think it is better for me to remain silent now", he says. "I am using this period to reflect on what we did. You know when I took up the job in 2003, I resolved that I will try my utmost best. And walahi, I tried. I took the assignment seriously. Maybe I failed, but at least we proved that it is possible. So, I have been thinking and trying to figure out what further should have been done or could have been done differently." We were soon asked to introduce ourselves. When it was Ribadu's turn, he told the meeting: "I am Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria, currently recuperating from a bloodied nose". The hall cracked into laughter. But the other anti-corruption chiefs and operatives would not laugh later when Ribadu took part in a country case studies panel.

There has been so much speculation about Ribadu's whereabouts in the Nigerian press. But the fact is that he is currently a Senior Fellow at St Antony's College in Oxford University in the United Kingdom, working with Professor Paul Collier, the leading authority on African economies and politics. St Antony's College has become the sanctuary for many progressives who get into trouble in the developing world. Ribadu stays in a residence that was recently vacated by Anwal Ibrahim, the embattled former Prime Minister of Malaysia whose only offence was that he fell out of favour with his boss, Mahathir Muhammed. "Such a nice man", Ribadu says. "he left me his plates and cutlery and kitchen utensils." One of the persons Ribadu met on arrival at St Antony's is John Githongo, the Kenyan newspaper columnist and anti-corruption campaigner who had to flee from Kenya in 2005, after he discovered that the majorly corrupt persons in the country are his own colleagues: Ministers and the big men of Kenyan society. Githongo got their confessions on tape, but they told him bluntly that they are the ones milking Kenya dry. One fateful day, Githongo packed his bags and fled to London, from where he sent a letter resigning his position as Permanent Secretary for Ethics and Governance in Kibaki's NARC Government. He has now returned to Kenya where he enjoys massive media and civil society support, and his book, written by Michela Wrong and titled It's Our Turn To Eat will be released in London on February 23. It will go on sale in Nairobi the same day.

Unlike Githongo, Ribadu did not run away immediately he discovered that he had fallen out of favour. He stayed and tried to fight the system. He was sidelined and sent to a course he didn't ask for in Kuru near Jos. Behind his back, they gave his job to someone else, without regard to the security of tenure. Then, they demoted him in what looked like a routine administrative exercise, but the political undertones were writ large. When he tried to resist the system, they shoved him out of the graduation hall at Kuru, and his employers, the Police sent him to Siberia: what Nigerians would call the Ogbugbuaja treatment. Ribadu got lawyers and again tried to fight back. He refused to report for duty. He refused to wear the uniform of the new rank.

One day, assassins trailed him and pumped bullets into his car. Having served in the Nigeria Police for more than two decades, he could spot a warning shot if one was fired in his direction. So, Ribadu succumbed to the logic of Bob Marley's lyrics: "He who fights and runs away, will live to fight another day." He is not likely to come anywhere Nigeria for a while. Those who do not like his face and his work have effectively driven him out of town. But he is a determined man. "What has happened to me is just a temporary setback", he concludes. "I am a fighter, I don't give up. I don't believe the people who think they have dealt with me will have the last laugh."

Like Githongo, Ribadu is spending his period in exile to think and write. "I am working on two books", he told me. The working title for the first book is "The Problem of Corruption in Africa: The Nigerian Experience." He explained: "You know corruption is the biggest problem we have in Africa. It is so central to the problems we have. But to fight corruption, the biggest man in government, the President or the Prime Minister must be honest about it. That is where it starts. Americans talk about Obama. We need change in Nigeria more than America does. What I discovered is that we have a challenge to give power to ordinary Nigerians, to ordinary people, to take it from the politicians. And we don't have time. Change is important." He didn't have a working title for his proposed second book. But he offered an outline of its posssible contents.

"When I look back, I realise that some of the people who liked what I did also have issues with some of the things we did. I plan to do a second book to address some of their concerns. I intend to show for example that we deliberately went after grand corruption because that is where the problem is. We interrogated the Governors, the Senate President, the Vice President. I put a Bank Director, Bulama in handcuffs. The moment we did that, the banks knew immediately that there were no sacred cows. We needed to send a strong signal that corruption will not be condoned and the cleansing process had to start from the stop. The day I took the job, I knew that it could end up like this. I knew that I could be victimised or dismissed or killed. It could have been worse. That I am alive today is by the Grace of the Almighty and I am grateful. But my position is that some people just have to make the sacrifice to save our country. I swear by the Almighty that wherever there are people who are trying to make Nigeria a better country, I will be among them. Walahi."

Another objective Ribadu intends to achieve in the second book is to comment on a number of case studies. "People go about saying that Obasanjo used me to go after his enemies, Obasanjo didn't use me, in fact may be it is the other way round. If you check, you will notice that the people we went after were actually Obasanjo's people. Alamiyeseigha was very close to the President. Odili was also very close to him. Saminu Turaki was an Obasanjo man. I deliberately did not go after the opposition. Yes, we investigated Orji Kalu. We also investigated Bola Tinubu. I know the President's people would have wanted the EFCC to go after a man like Ken Nnamani. But we needed to start with the Obasanjo people to make a point that nobody is above the law. And that was why we investigated the President himself, And we went after his daughter. I was in Kuru then, but I knew about the Iyabo case. If we want to clean up our country, then let us do it. And that was why I went after Atiku. Atiku is from the same village with me. But Nigeria is more important. It belongs to all of us, not some powerful people."

Ribadu's book is also a response to questions about due process and the rule of law. "People complain that we didn't obey the rule of law, that we violated due process and they use specific instances to criticise us. I plan to respond to all those criticisms. Take a man like former IG Tafa Balogun. I didn't like what happened myself. I was against putting him in handcuffs. But I have to be sensitive to the people who work under me. They came to me and accussed me of double standards. When I accepted the job, I was inspired by the example of Jerry Rawlings of Ghana who went after the big fish and changed his country for good. So we decided that if we could put a Bank MD in handcuffs and follow that up with an Inspector General of Police, then Nigerians would realize that we meant serious business. That was what happened. I am a human being. I make mistakes. I admit that. But I was honest about what I did. So they say we abused the rule of law? What is rule of law? The same rule of law that has now been used to recapture Nigeria?"

I told Ribadu I can't wait to read and review his books. When are they coming out? "This year. By July. We have to keep the anti-corruption campaign alive. For me personally, there is nothing left for me other than to dedicate myself to the struggle. I am not seeking to be an Obama. But people must be prepared to make the sacrifice. We need change more than America." How is he these days? "I sleep well these days", he said. "My needs are minimal. Look at this pair of slippers". I checked: an over-abused pair of slippers with worn edges and threatening holes. "I have been wearing this since 2003 and I am okay. But I must tell you I have enjoyed a lot of goodwill since I left office. I was offered jobs by many international organizations. I receive invitations to attend conferences and to write books. I came here for example from Lusaka. I am happy to know that there are people out there who have faith in human progress and integrity."

It was soon the turn of Ribadu to participate in a panel discussion focussing on country case studies. There were contributions from representatives of Nigeria's EFCC and the ICPC, but Ribadu's comments had a special accent which struck a chord among the participants. He said: "If you fight corruption, it fights back. If you go after petty corruption nothing will happen to you, But if you go after grand corruption, you'd be taking on the politicians and they have the money. And they will come after you, But you can choose to go to bed with them and you'd continue to be Chairman or Director, and you can go to conferences and enjoy tea and collect estacodes. But I made a choice, I decided to go after the big ones, even if they were the ones that put me there, I investigated President Obasanjo, I took his statement myself. I went after his daughter, a Senator, I went after Governors, I charged all of them to court. One of them offered me $500, 000 US and a house in Seychelles and an aircraft, but I rejected all of that. By the time I left EFCC, I had 275 convictions in a country that never had one on cases of grand corruption, I charged the Vice President to court - somebody from my village. I proved that it can be done.

"It is the most difficult work to do. To confront it will require people who make sacrifice like Mandela, like the people who fought for independence in our various countries. It requires people who have courage, people who do not think that they want to enjoy. If you want to enjoy, it is not the kind of work you can do. I have no regrets. It requires a strong will to make sacrifice. You have to make a fundamental decision. It can even mean you lose your life. They will try to compromise you, They will try to blackmail you. I survived an assassination attempt. I have bullets in my car. I intend to keep that car for life. I have no regrets. You have the media. You have to carry them along, be open, be accountable. I have never given a penny to anybody in the media, But there is no newspaper in Nigeria that has not made me Man of the Year, even though I charged some publishers to court and even threatened to close down newspapers. Which shows that people are good. If they see that you mean well, they will support you. I am out now, but Nigeria has changed. You need international co-operation. You also need to build capacity.

"We built a Financial Intelligence Unit, you have to be in control of Financial intelligence in your country. because money is at the root of all forms of corruption. If you track the money, you can stop the corruption. Be on the side of your own people. Don't be on the side of the leaders. A President will go, but the country will be there, Those who are in control, it is only temporary. History will judge you and you will never regret
Source:http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/reuben-abati/i-saw-ribadu-in-rwanda-14.html

Bigcake: Let all d indigenes of River state come out n organise a fierce street protest similar to Arab spring in all d major streets in PH. Ensure that d state is locked down to pave way for a state of emergency, impeachment or passing of vote of no confidence. Ameachi must go.

Sorry for you, Amaechi has performed better than his predecessor, GEJ and most governors. If people did not and are not protesting for them to leave, why should we protest for our governor to leave. Really, how much do they pay you guys to be writing all these lies and and senseless words. Please leave our governor alone, we will not protest. All your plans for impeachment has failed abi?

@ op,LIES!!! Are you paid detractors not going to get tired of attacking the person of Amaechi? Simply because he does not agree with GEJ. For your information, Amaechi has done well for Rivers people. That he is fearless and stubborn, does not mean he is arrogant. Odili wasted Rivers money and introduced militancy in Rivers for 8 years with assasinations here and there, nobody attacked him. You think its every governor that is saying yes sir to GEJ that is in support of him. Unfortunately, GEJ does not know his enemies. You people should leave Amaechi alone, he has not done anything to warrant all these attacks.

bobthebuilder99: Amaechi is a performer. Not the best performer, but still better than 90% of our Governors.

That is the only thing that matters. GEJ is only there to perform. Amaechi is only there to perform. They work for us, not the other way around. Who cares if they kiss each others feet?

If Amaechi can find a way to keep performing for Nigeria, I support him. Forget anything these yeye PDP laptop dogs say about having to kiss the President's bottom.

I will always support arrogant performers over loyal thieves.

I could'nt have put it better

Where are they? All the "GEJ is our brother, Amaechi is a traitor" people,come and say how GEJ's presidency has affected the niger delta. The last time I checked, PTDF chairmanship position was given to a yoruba, and only a small number (if any at all) of niger deltas are able to get PTDF scholarship. If the northerners were that tribalistic, would they have conceded the presidency to GEJ by voting for him in the 2011 primaries when it was clear that the north has not completed the 8years tenure started by Yardua. If GEJ agreed on a single term with the governors to get their support during the primaries, he should do the honorable thing of being a man of his word instead of causing division and fighting Amaechi.

Symphony007: Nigeria can never be united! The tribalism in this country runs too deep! It's just madness!!on a trip I met a company driver in port harcourt and asked him his view on this ameachi-jonathan fued. And he said ameachi is a traitor to his region and that he should go. I then asked him. Which school his kids attend. He said it's the ameachi government schools and that he does'nt pay fees or buy books, uniform,sandals,lunch, all is provided by the state. One of his children was also born in one of the new ameachi free healthcare centers. He is starting a buisness soon with loan gotten from the RSSDA established by ameachi. He said all these and then i asked him what jonathan has done for him as a person or the niger delta as a whole, and he was speechless. Tribalism and utter stupidity!!! This country is and will
never be united.

Thank you jare. Its annoying that families who can never sponsor their children outside the country who now have their children studying abroad courtesy of RSSDA, People employed by TIMARIV, RSSDA and teachers waiting for employment letters from Amaechi's government to start working in the new schools are those also criticizing Amaechi. When you ask what has he done, they say he is joining the north to fight GEJ. How has GEJ's govt improved your lives? They tell you he is our brother. Truly, tribalism blinds. GEJ and his handlers know this well and are using it to the full.

I saw this coming. Why is GEJ so desperate to remain in office but so afraid of testing his popularity at the pools. Automatic ticket, then rig to finish at the main elections. Politics has been benevolent enough to him, I mean going by the zoning arrangement GEJ was not supposed to be president in the first place. He and other PDP members lied about it. If he contests the primaries and fail, its not a do or die affair, he should honorably go home. He should be a man and not run away from the primaries.

idumuose: 3:39:36 PM Mon, May 27, 2013 (Date line,Nigeria)
As far as Rivers politics go,Amaechi has seen it all;or nearly so.
He rose through the ranks as Peter Odili's protege,first s an aide
In 1991 when Odili was deputy Governor,to his 1999 election into
The state house of assembly where he emerged the house speaker with
Odili as Governor.He was the obvious choice for the state's Governor-
Ship in 2007,until the intrigues that resulted in his name being
Substituted with that of Celestine Omehia.Omehia his cousin was even
Tually sworn in in 2007.

Amaechi would not have any of that.He broke ranks with Odili,he defied
All the odds and went through all the legal hurdles to reclaim his man-
Date.Rotimi was courageous.But that appeared to be where it all stopped.

Since becoming Governor,many attest to the good things he is doing in
Rivers state.But many people find his politics wrong.For a man who
Appeared on the scene with so much goodwill,he squandered so much in so
Short a time.
The discord between Amaechi and Jonathan dates back to the inception of
The Amnesty program for Niger Delta militants during the late
President Yar'Adua presidency.Amaechi had strongly criticised the handling
Of the program which was being coordinated by Jonathan,then vice-
President.The animosity continued into the struggle by Jonathan to
Emerge as acting President during the controversy generated by Yar'Adua's
Incapacitation.Of all the South-South governors,Amaechi and Sylva,former
governor of Bayelsa state were evidently lukewarm on the issue.He took on the President over the disputed oil wells that eventually
Went to Bayelsa,stopping short of calling of calling the act a presidential
Robbery.He openly disagreed with First lady Dame Patience on the Okrika
Waterfront demolotion and went on to carry out his threat in a manner that
Diminished her before her Okrika kinsmen.He followed it up with an alter-
Cation with the Minister of the Niger Delta,Godsday Orubebe over the East-
West road project,with occasional swipes on the President himself.To cap it
All,he had the temerity to play the black sheep in the Niger Delta.dreaming
Of supplanting Jonathan himself,which is what a slot iin the Presidency,
For him means.
As events have turned out,Amaechi does not appear to have developed large
Enough political muscles to play real political hardball.Without
Guts,adversarial politics with higher authorities is a sure route to
Suicide.
When the PDP reconciliation train berthed in Portharcourt,his role
As Chief host was poor.Walking away from such an important gathering
That included his party's national chairman and leaders of the PDP
Across the South-South region,was like plying schoolboy politics.
A similar scenario had played out when he cancelled other activities
Planned for the first lady after the Okrika debacle.

For so long Amaechi has stuck out his neck,naively I dare say,for
Chopping;now the guillotine is descending without any inhibitions.
Amaechi's boys are being chased about without much of a whimper.As
The Igbo say,a man who has the courage to grow long teeth,should also
Grow long lips enough to cover them.
In Kano the other day,Amaechi told journalists that he would be
Prepared to run the Presidential race with Governor Rabiu kwankwaso.
Amaechi by mistake took Jonathan gentle nature for weakness.Now
With the suspension of Amaechi from PDP it is just a matter of time
Before the hangman noose will grip the neck of Amaechi.
Lesson:never poke your hand into the eyes of a sitting President
Nay African President.

At least you folks have spoken the truth for once@ the bolded.

And I forgot to add, the east-west road has still not been completed. It is your right as niger deltans that the FG finishes that road as soon as possible. Somebody spoke up for you and you call it a sin. NIGER DELTA=MEDIOCRITY

Really, are these Amaechi's sins? So this is why he is being attacked at every angle by GEJ. That he won PDP primaries, was deprived but fought legally to retrieve his mandate? That he had a difference of opinion in the handling of the amnesty programme? That he wanted to demolish a building to build world class schools and health centres in the first lady's village just like he has done in other communities or that the first lady grabbed the microphone from a governor to reprimand him in his state? Amaechi has never openly declared his ambition of contesting with Sule. That Amaechi does not agree totally with GEJ? Come on, you really mean these are Amaechi's sins? No wonder? ND will always be backward, because you don't like anything good and you love bondage. Continue clapping for GEJ why he destabilises the peace and development in Rivers state. Even if GEJ returns in 2015, he will definitely leave in 2019. After then, we will take stock of the dividends of 'our brother' in Aso rock. For now, these so called Amaechi's sins are no sins and are not impeachable offences by our constitution, and do not warrant the treatment he is receiving. Let him be let alone to complete his tenure in peace

@Op, of course that is what GEJ wants- sychophancy. And from the on-going, he is going to be getting a lot of it. Who wants to branded traitor and crushed like Amaechi? I pity for GEJ, cause he does not know who his enemies are, he thinks Amaechi is the enemy.

Abagworo: Show me any link of where Amaechi insulted the office of the President or declared he is contesting against the President in 2015. Those that know Amaechi well will tell you that he is going for Rivers East senatorial elections in 2015. Or is it because of the fake posters? The other possible reason for this Ijaw on slaught against Amaechi is the planned imposition of Sekibo as Rivers Governor against the Ogoni option which has been on everyone's lips since 2007. As at today Amaechi has not made any open declaration of support for anyone in 2015 so why can't they let the man continue his good works in peace?

Thank you, the same questions I have been asking misguided fellows in PH when they say Amaechi insulted GEJ. Mention 1 occasion and the words used and they can't give any answer. A governor who has done so well, and yet they want to give him a bad name so they can hang him. For goodness, how has GEJ's presidency affected ND region? Even the east-west road, they have not been able to finish.

Not at all...

Simple question, why was GEJ not there when he was called to give the speech? And Abati is ranting like this. Did GEJ not know he was to give a speech at that time? Why was an excuse not made for him at the time he was called up. Whether they accept it or not, it's irresponsible that a president would be called up to give a speech he had a pre-knowledge of and he was not present and no reason was given for his non-availability to the audience. BTW, this is not the first time he will be missing from such matters, he did same in Australia. If he has stage fright, he should delegate someone else period.

thelastpope10: I keep telling you people to steer clear off ND matter and you wont hear. Steer clear! GEJ does not have time for Amaechi. If he has Amaechi's time, Amaechi will smell pepper. GEJ is a gentle and patient man that is why Amaechi can make noise It is us ND citizens that are handling Amaechi. So you folks steer clear


There is no way a president will take on a state governor and the governor will survive it! Anybody who keeps saying GEJ is after Amaechi is talking trash. We will handle him ourselves

smh
sorry for you.

happy birthday my dear governor. You have done well, your good works will speak for you.

I am a christian, not because I was born one, but because over 20years ago as a teenager I invited Christ into my life. Ever since I have lived my life by the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit dwelling in me, and by the word of God. I have set the Lord always before me, delighting myself in Him and living my life to please. I know that I am a child of God, because I have a personal relationship with Him