Former Governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has launched a retaliatory attack on his successor, Governor Nyesom Wike ahead of the December 10 rerun election in the State.
Amaechi on Saturday in Bile, Ogoni, at the campaign rally of his ally, Senator Magnus Abe, who is contesting the Rivers South-East Senatorial district, consistently referred to Governor Wike as a thug.
While charging All Progressives Congress, APC faithful in the state to come out en-mass and vote for candidates of the party in the December 10 election, Amaechi warned that no one should be intimidated by the threats of Wike.
He berated the Governor for resisting the planned arrest of judges in the State, adding that it was ‘ungubernatorial’ for a Governor to take such risks.
He also criticised Wike for allegedly empowering those he described as criminals, just as he singled out the appointment of Samuel Wonosike as the Local government Chairman of Ikwerre Local government area of the state.
Expressing confidence about the victory of Senator Abe, Amaechi enjoined supporters of the APC to mobilize themselves for victory in other Senatorial districts of the state.
Amaechi said, “Wike can never be God. He was a small boy under me.
“The battle is not in Ogoni at all. The battle is in the Ikwere axis, Kalabari and Ahoada axis, not here.
“He said he would deploy everything. Anything he wants to deploy, let him deploy, we will deploy our own.
“This is one place we don’t need to campaign. I won’t start to repeat the things we have done in Ogoni area, it’s not important. What is important is, I dare him to do the same things that I did here, including taking your children oversees. Instead of leaving them behind, he returned them to Nigeria. Poor innocent children.
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