Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday raised the alarm that the Presidency may have approved his assassination by soldiers. Amaechi told reporters in Lagos that the plot to kill him on March 28 (presidential election day) was allegedly hatched by the Directorate of State Security (DSS) which had asked for military cover during a planned invasion of his community. As stated by Amaechi, about 30 soldiers to be led by a Major who hails from a northern state, had allegedly been assigned to do the job. The governor, who informed that the plot would have been executed on February 14, said he was not bothered until the latest information came to him from a reliable source. He further disclosed that an Army General who hails from Opobo as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, has flooded the community with soldiers with a plan to deliver the place to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). "If the Presdiency wants me dead, I should let the public know," Amaechi declared. He complained that, "citizens are being killed everyday," regretting that, "even those indicted by the police over Okirika killings are still walking the streets free." The governor noted that he was asked to take caution from today or leave the country. But he rejected the advice, saying the task of effecting a change was a task to be done. In a swift reaction, the PDP's National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, dismissed Amaechi's claim, saying the allegation is unfounded. "You don't expect a governor with an array of security men to be saying this. We expect this of their Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, who is used to one week, one lie. We are used to the lies of Lai Mohammed, not Amaechi," he stated. "We wouldn't dignify him with a response," he also stated.
