The Presidency has issued a statement concerning allegations recently
made against the First Lady, Patience Jonathan by Rivers State Governor,
Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi accused Mrs. Jonathan of wanting to share out
of his state’s funds and attributed her anger at him to his refusal to
oblige her request.
The statement released by the president’s media aide, Reuben Abati
however addresses the allegations describing them as untrue while also
accusing the governor of rascally behavior.
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.
source: Pulse
