Wike watches his people getting killed every day - Amaechi

Wike watches his people getting killed every day - Amaechi

- Rotimi Amaechi has chided his successor, Nyesom Wike, for the persistent ‘killings and massacre’ of Rivers people

- The minister said any government that watches its people killed every day is an irresponsible government

- He pointed out that during his tenure as governor of the state, he chased criminals to their holes

Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, minister of transportation, has stated that Governor Nyesom Wike has failed in governing the people of Rivers state.

He made the assertion over the weekend at a rally in Bera, headquarters of Gokana local government area of the state, where he received hundreds of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters into the All Progressives Congress (APC), Vanguard reports.

Legit.ng gathers that the minister stated that killings and massacre of Rivers people on a daily basis had persisted under Wike’s watch.

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He said: “Every government has a responsibility to protect lives and property. The reason there is a government is because the people are alive. If a person dies, there will be no government.

“Any government that watches its people killed every day is an irresponsible government. Governor Wike watches his people killed every day. I met a woman yesterday whose husband was killed in front of her with her son watching.

“It could have been any of you. I can assure you today that this government of Wike has failed.

“When I was your governor, you slept and I kept awake. As governor, I chased away criminals to their holes. I know that the reason they are into crime was because they had no money for them.

“I knew that for you to stop a man from crime, you need to provide an alternative means of livelihood. And to do that, I started building infrastructures. I built schools, hospitals and health centres. A lot of people were employed in each of the schools and health facilities I built."

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This development follows a previous report by Legit.ng, that Amaechi said he could have been killed during the fight to install President Muhammadu Buhari.

Amaechi de-marketed former president Goodluck Jonathan, who was the major threat to the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Rotimi Amaechi gives a summary of the Buhari Administration - on Legit.ng TV:

Source: Legit.ng

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