“I will begin to speak, if …” -Amaechi

The rising spate of insecurity has become a source of concern for many Rivers people, especially the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi, speaking during the funeral service of late Justice Adolphus Godwin Karibi-Whyte, condemned the activities of these miscreants, whose actions, according to him, portend grave danger for the socioeconomic fate of the state if urgent steps are not taken to curb their nefarious activities.

The former Governor of Rivers State said: “You have lost your voice. The sage has gone under and nobody is speaking. When I was Governor, I gave people voices, but they have blocked those voices. I was happy with the sermon, the Bishop indicted us. If you are a Governor, have you governed well? If you are a politician, have you carried your people along?.

“Everyone is scared. We are going back to when Ateke held sway. We are going back to the period where we run away from our people. We are back to a period when nobody can speak. But from next year, I will begin to speak, if nobody wants to speak. We are all here because we need to bury a man God has blessed. I have stopped travelling because of bad weather, but I told myself I must be here because of Justice Whyte.

“If you knew Justice vey well, you will know I was close to him. I was one of the few people he mentored. He taught me that character was essential to life. I was a Governor at 42, and he told me, even in my 40s, I was the oldest person in Rivers State and that I must behave like a father to all” .