The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday took a swipe at the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for allegedly playing politics with the lives of the people.
Amaechi who made the call in statement in Abuja, accused Wike of “twisting, butchering and turning the truth upside down; and in most cases telling outright lies in his failed bid to denigrate, tarnish and rubbish his towering image, person and laudable, landmark achievements.”
Amaechi said, “It is no secret that Wike plays politics with the development, welfare and well-being of Rivers people.
“But no government should play politics with the safety and security of its citizens like Wike is sadly and shamelessly doing.
“Governor Wike claimed that the brutal political killings and murder of the All Progressives Congress members and other hapless citizens in the state are cult-related or a result of cult clashes.
“What cult wars is he talking about? Since he claimed to have security reports, we challenge Wike to tell Rivers people the cult group that Franklin Obi, the APC Ward Chairman in Omoku, belongs to, that led to his being gruesomely beheaded and butchered, alongside his pregnant wife and teenage son.
“Or did Franklin suddenly become a cult member because he had the guts and courage to host a resoundingly successful ward meeting of APC faithful in the same ward as Wike’s Peoples Democratic Party State chairman, Felix Obuah, just a few days to the rerun elections?”
Amaechi also charged the Rivers State Governor to disclose to Nigerians the cult groups and the cult wars that led to the killing of the innocent youth corps member, Chukwudumeibi Okonta, on March 19, the day of the re-run election in the state.
The Minister said, “Was the youth corper a cultist or a victim of cult wars or yet another victim of politically-motivated killings in Rivers State?,”
“With pity, we watched as Wike tried to compare the political killings of the late Okonta and Independent National Electoral Commission ad hoc staff on the rerun election day in Rivers State to the fire accident that occurred at the home of the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kano State days after the elections of 2015.”
He further called on Wike to disclose to people of the state the cult wars that led to the brutal murder of hundreds of Rivers people since the election that made him governor was held, and the cult groups that all those that had been murdered belonged to.
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