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 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.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
October 26, 2014 .
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