Nobody Wants To Speak Out In Rivers Again – Amaechi

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The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has lamented the rising spate of insecurity and political intimidation in Rivers State, saying residents were now too scared to speak their minds.

The minister, a former governor of the State, voiced his concern at the funeral service of late Justice Adolphus Godwin Karibi-Whyte on Saturday.

Amaechi 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?”

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“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, ” Amaechi stated.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Staff to Governor Nyesom Wike, Chief Emeka Woke, who represented the governor at the occasion, said it was obvious that Amaechi had lost touch with developments in the State.

He said that since the launching of Operation Sting by Governor Wike’s administration, the security situation had improved greatly.

“I wonder why the former Governor will choose to make such embarrassing remarks at the funeral of Late Justice Karibi-Whyte, a man he claimed to be his mentor,” he stated.

He said that for five years as a minister, Amaechi has not brought any project from the Federal Government to his state.

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