Governor Amaechi of Rivers Sate said the Governor-elect , Nyesom Wike cannot accuse him of being corrupt and wants to probe him once he (Wike) assumes power as the governor of the state.
Speaking yesterday May 26th at a public lecture at the Dr. Obi Wali
International Convention Centre as part of the activities to mark his
50th birthday which is today May 27th, Gov Amaechi said he had being
listening to Wike who should not forget was once his Chief of staff and
that if he had no other records at all, he has the records of Wike while
he served as his COS.
Governor Amaechi in his speech said he had never killed anyone and will never kill anyone for whatever reason.
"I have been listening to Mr. Nyesom Wike and I have been trying not to
reply him. He has been accusing me of corruption and I have been trying
to keep quiet over the issue of corruption. A thief cannot call me
corrupt. The first lesson he needs to learn is that he was Chief of
Staff to my government. If I have no records, I have records on him.
One way we succeeded in moving this state forward was that we refused to
probe Dr. Peter Odili’s government, despite the pressure on me to probe
Dr. Odili’s government, because at the end of the day, they will not
ask me the number of persons I probed, but what I did while in
government.
This convention centre (built by his government) is one of the
testimonies. If we had gone to the Obi Wali Cultural Centre (in Mile
One, Diobu, Port Harcourt, now taken over by Sliverbird Cinema), the
hall would have looked very full. This hall accommodates 2,200 persons.
The convention centre is very big. On top of the roof is a plenty space
for big parties, for those who want to organise ‘Owambe’ and there are
many conference/committee rooms in the hall.
“The road to Nyesom Wike’s father’s house was built by me.
A relation of mine was killed in front of Wike’s father’s house, during
the 2015 general elections. I am a Christian. I have never killed
anybody and I will never kill anybody. Instead of killing somebody, I
will give up my ambition. Anybody’s life is greater than any ambition I
will have on earth. Nigerians need to be honest and transparent. I
recently had a conversation with my first son on the phone and he said
he was proud of me, because they cannot write the history of Nigeria,
and the transition from one civilian government to another, without
including me.
I laughed and my son said everybody knew the role I played, the struggle
and the fact that my family was torn into different parts and my
children could not see me, but that they are proud to have a father like
me. That, for me, is my greatest achievement. God did not put me to
shame. I will be leaving office as Rivers Governor very proud. President
Goodluck Jonathan and his wife (Dame Patience); Nyesom Wike; soldiers
and police could not remove me from office. When I pray, in front of me
all the time is God. That is why I am always victorious. If you want to
fight me, you must first defeat God, which is impossible. Nobody can
overcome God. I have won already.”he said
