{"id":32792,"date":"2020-09-28T09:59:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T09:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32792"},"modified":"2020-09-28T09:59:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T09:59:32","slug":"wike-amaechi-in-war-of-words-during-burial-of-justice-karibi-whyte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32792","title":{"rendered":"Wike, Amaechi in war of words during burial of Justice Karibi-Whyte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike was engaged in a war of words with his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transport during the burial of a former Justice of the Supreme Court, Adolphus Karibi-Whyte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the funeral service staged in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state, Amaechi<\/a> lamented what he termed the rising insecurity and political intimidation in the state, saying the state was back to the time of Ateke Tom, a former militant leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said; \u201cYou have lost your voice. The sage (the late justice) has gone under and nobody is speaking. When I was governor, I gave people voices, but they have blocked those voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone 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 could speak. But from next year, I will begin to speak, if nobody wants to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you knew Justice (Karibi-Whyte) very well, you will know I was close to him. I was one of the few people he mentored,\u201d Amaechi stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reacting to the statement made by Amaechi, Governor Wike<\/a> described the late Karibi-Whyte as an epitome of unshakable integrity, civility and dignity, but noted that Amaechi\u2019s comments were embarrassing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wike said that Amaechi had lost touch with developments in the state, adding that since the launching of Operation Sting by his administration, the security situation had improved greatly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that; \u201cIt is unfortunate for Amaechi to come to Kalabari land and accuse former President Goodluck Jonathan of not developing the area six years after he had left office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wonder why the former governor will choose to make such embarrassing remarks at the funeral of late Justice Karibi-Whyte, a man he (Amaechi) claimed to be his mentor,\u201d Wike added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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