Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi says despite the
effort by First Lady Patience Jonathan and the president
to remove him from office, they are all leaving
government at the same time. He said the president and
his wife had wanted him to leave office before the end of
his tenure but he is now seeing the end of his
administration.
While speaking at the presentation of a special
documentary titled 'The Amaechi Years', the governor
said Patience Jonathan interfered with operations of the
military apparatus in the state, ordering the transfer of
military officers in the state just because they greeted
him.
"People have asked me why I opposed President
Goodluck Jonathan. When the fight started,
instead of receiving money from the Federal
government, we were sending money to the
Federal Government. Have you seen a country
where the Commissioner of Police reports to the
wife of the President? That is happening in Rivers
State. Have you seen a country where a Brigade
Commander reports to the wife of the President or
where the Navy Commander or Air force
Commander reports to the wife of the President?
This happened in Rivers State. The wife of the
President will come, they will go and wait for her
at the airport. She will tell them to come there at
9.00am, she will come by 12noon. They will escort
her to her house, she will go upstairs and come
down by 9.00pm and they will all be on ground
waiting for her. She will say, I heard you greeted
Amaechi last week. Why did you greet him? I will
transfer you and you are transferred.
The more she did that, the more the President
turned his back, and the more I fought because I
felt that such a system is not a system that will
make Nigeria grow. Why I agree with my friends
who says forget the past because it is gone, I
think it is a lesson. Governance is about the man
that has been elected and he has the
responsibility to deliver services to the people.
There was a time when it was everywhere that the
Supreme Court will remove Amaechi. That was on
until we defeated them at the Supreme Court. I
told the Rivers people to go about their business
because I have finished praying and that
President Jonathan cannot remove me. We are
leaving at the same time. They didn’t want me to
stay to the end, but here I am staying till the
end.”he said
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