{"id":32894,"date":"2020-09-28T14:15:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32894"},"modified":"2020-09-28T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:16:00","slug":"wike-continues-war-of-words-with-amaechi-says-his-predecessor-should-be-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32894","title":{"rendered":"Wike continues war of words with Amaechi, says his predecessor should be in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has continued his war of words against his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, whom he claimed should be in jail and not appointed as Minister of Transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wike who made the comments during a live interview on AIT\u2019s Focus Nigeria beamed from Government House, Port Harcourt, on Monday, in reaction to comments by Amaechi over the weekend, said that Amaechi should not be walking free if Nigeria truly practices democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Wike<\/a>, the shutdown of Rivers State Judiciary under Rotimi Amaechi\u2019s administration as Governor of the state was a violation of the rights of the people of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that in a civilized clime, Amaechi should not be walking free or be appointed as a government official because of the closure of courts during his tenure as Governor of Rivers State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith due respect to President Muhammadu Buhari<\/a>, I think he shouldn\u2019t have had such a man as a Minister. He (Amaechi) should be in jail for violation of human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ ALSO: Wike, Amaechi in war of words during burial of Justice Karibi-Whyte<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow can somebody oversee the locking up of the judiciary? There was nowhere for people to ventilate their anger. Contracts were breached and people cannot go to court. People relied on police to settle their differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA woman was detained the day she was to be given bail. A pregnant woman was to be given bail right on the day the courts were shut down. The woman gave birth in prison. Imagine that kind of a harrowing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd that is the man they say is one of the best Governors. No, he is not the best Governor,\u201d Wike said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Amaechi\u2019s investments in education, especially the building of model schools, Wike said the funds were wasted, adding that much more could have been achieved, \u201cwith the billions of naira\u201d, spent on building new schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, \u201cWhat we are trying to do is that with the little resources we are getting, we are trying to renovate old schools through SUBEB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know my former Governor; I worked with him, so I know him too well. When he is flying with people in the helicopter, he will be pointing his fingers and telling them see that school there, I built it. He is that kind of man. If he hadn\u2019t started something, he would kill it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut when I see a project that will impact the lives of the people, I complete it; the Degema General Hospital which he started has been completed but when I see a political project, I have no business. So many roads he (Amaechi) did not do and the ones he did not complete, I completed them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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