A former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi has
named those who made him the governor of Rivers State in 2007.
Amaechi served as governor of Rivers State, from 2007 to
2015 and earlier, as speaker of the State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007.
On Arise News, Amaechi said his becoming Rivers State
governor was by the grace of God, his predecessor, Dr. Peter Odili, the people
of Rivers State and the judiciary.
“I had the opportunity and I utilised the opportunity. So
when the opportunity came for me to become the Speaker of the Parliament, Dr.
Odili and I spoke and he felt it was important that I became the Speaker, I
utilised the opportunity and I became the Speaker.
“The problem is not when you get the opportunity, the
problem is what you do with the opportunity.
“God knows I was one of the best Speakers in this country at
that material time. I don’t know what is happening now, maybe there are better
Speakers than I was.
“But that time, nobody will deny me the fact that I
performed my duty as the Speaker and I was elected to become the Chairman of
the Speakers Forum. Since I left as the Chairman of the Speakers’ Forum, I
wonder if the Speakers’ forum is still in existence.
“By the grace of God and by the grace of Peter Odili, the
people of Rivers State and the judiciary, I became Governor because at the end
of the day, the judiciary pronounced me governor.”
Many would see this as a reaction to the Federal Capital
Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, who through Lere Olayinka, his Senior Special
Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, on Tuesday faulted former
presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati for saying the Minister is very rude to
Amaechi.
Abati had claimed that Wike was very rude, stressing that
the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi was his boss in politics.
The veteran journalist said, “Wike is very rude and
disrespectful because Amaechi is his boss in politics. When he was local
government chairman during Amaechi’s second term, it was Amaechi who helped him
to become LGA Chairman and subsequently became Chief of Staff and recommended
him to become Minister of State for Education in Abuja.”
Responding, Olayinka wondered how Amaechi became Wike’s boss
in politics.
Posting on Facebook, Olayinka recalled how Wike stayed back
in Rivers State to help Amaechi retrieve his mandate after he ran to Ghana in
2007.
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