Rivers Killings: Amaechi Accuses Wike Of Being Deceitful

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike of being deceitful about the brutal killings of several persons in Omoku community in the state on New Year day.

Naija News reported that the alleged person behind the killing, Johnson Igwedibia, popularly known as Don Waney, was later killed on Saturday in Enugu State by soldiers and operatives of the Department of State Security Service.

Amaechi, who was the immediate past governor of the state in a special message aired on Monday on some radio stations in the state said Governor Wike attempted “to justify and compare the Omoku murders or any other killings in Rivers State to whatever is happening in any other part of the country is a deceitful, poisonous narrative that we must never allow to flourish.”

“The governor’s repugnant attempt at finger-pointing, blaming oil companies, opposition politicians and everyone else apart from himself, is a clear indication that he has abdicated his primary constitutional responsibility to safeguard lives and property.”

Amaechi added, “Let no one deceive you with a twisted narrative on the origins, causes, and solutions to the bloodbath in Rivers State. Most of you can attest to how I battled and tackled insecurity when I served as your governor.

“I led the fight against the cultists, gangs, thugs, and criminals masquerading as militants; they were driven out from hiding, many fled the State. I was able to do that because I was never in bed with the criminals; I never appointed any into political office or crowned any king.

“The administration I led was able to return the State to serenity from the horrible state of insecurity and violence we met when we took over. Rivers people enjoyed peace until the months leading up to the 2015 general elections when these ‘new’ men of power in the state introduced unprecedented violence and killings in the State.”