Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi had two days ago claimed that
the reason he and Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan fell out was because
refused to share the state's money with her.
In response to that claim, the Presidency is saying that
Amaechi's day of reckoning is coming, that the immunity he enjoys now as
governor will not be forever.
Read the Press Statement from the Presidency…
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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