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President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday
warned Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers
State against “ reckless and irresponsible”
comments aimed at blackmailing the
Presidency and inciting Nigerians against the
government .
Apart from accusing Amaechi of
misappropriation of the funds belonging to
Rivers State , the President reminded him of
possible repercussions for his current actions
when he is shred of gubernatorial immunity
after leaving office next year.
Jonathan , who is on a pilgrimage to Israel ,
was reacting to the political rally of the
opposition All Progressives Congress (APC )
organised by Amaechi in the state capital ,
Port Harcourt , during which he branded the
President a non-performer and a
disappointment to Rivers people and
Nigerians.
Jonathan in a statement issued by his
spokesman , Reuben Abati, said the governor
had crossed the red line in his selfish political
agenda by resorting to libel, blackmail,
incitement and immoral , baseless falsehood
against the President , the First Lady and the
Federal Government .
Abati said the Presidency was aware that
Amaechi had squandered the resources of
Rivers State on dubious projects , but warned
that “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 .”
The Presidency further asked Amaechi to stop
trying to make Jonathan a scape- goat in a
bid to cover up his failings as governor of
Rivers State for eight years.
The statement reads: “Governor Rotimi
Amaechi took 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
incompetence .
“ 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 .”
In another development, Governor Seriake
Dickson has declared that the politics of
Bayelsa State was characterised by treachery ,
disloyalty and pull- him-down syndrome
before the emergence of the present
administration .
Dickson buttressed his observation on the
state ’s divisive politics, saying that the state
chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party
usually gets factionalised three months after
any sitting governor sets up a political
structure .
“ For those of you who have been involved in
the politics of this state for sometime , you
know that in Bayelsa, immediately a governor
sets up any structure because of the essential
divisive nature of politics in this state before
now, two or three months down the line , you
will see the party factionalised .
“ Let no one ’s personal ambition be too big for
the stability of our state, ” he cautioned.
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