Former Governor of Rivers state and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, says his successor, Nyesom Wike, has failed in providing good governance.
He made the assertion over the weekend at a rally where major stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and hundreds of their supporters, joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bera, headquarters of Gokana Local Government Area of the state.
His words, “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.”
The elder brother of the Secretary to Rivers State Government, Kenneth Kobani, Sir Kobani, Chief Bernard Mikor, a former Member of the Federal House of Representatives, Mr. Gordons Nadubia, Dr. Adumene Kuru, Hon. Letom Gbueba, Kenneth Kpedee, present Press Secretary to the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Gokana local government and Hon. Bariyima Baadom, a one-time Member, Rivers State House of Assembly, were some of the personalities who defected.
APC State Chairman, Hon. Ojukaye Flag-Amachree, and the Deputy National Secretary of the party, Chief Victor Giadom, received the defectors.
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