The Presidency has warned Rivers State
Governor Rotimi Amaechi over the insults
directed at President Goodluck Jonathan in
his bid to score ‘cheap’ political points
against the president and the Peoples Party
(PDP).
In a statement by Jonathan’s Special
Assistant on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben
Abati, the presidency described Amaechi’s
claims as false.
“In his obnoxious willingness to denigrate the
highest office in the land in a reckless bid to
advance his selfish political interests to a
new level of irresponsible and rascally
behaviour yesterday in Port Harcourt with his
totally false and baseless vituperations
against President Jonathan, the First Lady
and the Federal Government.
“It appears from the Governor’s completely
unfounded and off-the-mark allegations that
he had totally lost all sense of propriety,
decorum and responsible political behaviour
and resorted to unacceptable demagoguery,
libel, blackmail and incitement of public
disorder. Unless his unbridled ambition and
desire for self-promotion have completely
befuddled his mental faculties and caused
him to totally lose touch with reality,
Governor Amaechi must know that his claims
and allegations are untrue.
“We can only assume therefore that he is
deliberately spewing malicious falsehood in a
desperate effort to incite the people of Rivers
State and Nigeria against his assumed
political foes. We warn him that there are
legal, constitutional and moral limits to
political rascality beyond which he will not
be allowed to go without repercussions.
“The immunity which he currently enjoys
notwithstanding, Governor Amaechi should be
under no illusions: A day of reckoning will
surely come when he will answer for all his
actions and false allegations against
President Jonathan, the First Lady and the
Federal Government. He should also know
that Nigerians are aware of the truth and will
never be fooled or swayed by his arrant
opportunism and anti-Jonathan rantings.
“Nigerians know that while Mr. Amaechi
falsely accuses others of corruption, he
cannot show or explain to the people of
Rivers State what he has done with the
billions of Naira that has accrued to the
state under his tenure. They also know that
while Amaechi continues to falsely accuse
the Jonathan Administration of having done
nothing for Rivers State, he has recklessly
squandered huge state resources on dubious,
vain-glorious projects or self
aggrandizement.
“Nigerians will know too that while he falsely
alleges that Rivers and other states have not
received funds due to them from the
Federation account, the only outstanding
allocation was for September, which was
released to all states well over a week ago.
The Governor should stop trying to make
President Jonathan the scapegoat for his
woeful performance in Rivers State and look
to his own very apparent failings and
incompetencies. He should also stop
blackmailing the First Lady who has
demanded nothing from him other than good
governance, justice, equity, fairness, real
development and progress in Rivers State,”
the statement read.
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