By Oby Ndukwe
It is obvious now that Rivers state was actually the
flash point for the 2015 General elections as much as Lagos was. But I must say
that Lagos people were luckier cos the money doled out by the President to take
down the city of the Jagbadan of Nigerian politics, Ahmed Tinubu, somehow went
round the people including the defunct OPC! But that of Amaechi's Rivers did
not get to the people but it went to the militants, the Police, Army and the
Navy.
The plot to destabilize the unarmed governor and his
people was more coordinated more than even the fight against Boko Haram
insurgency. All artillery was employed here to stop Amaechi and his APC at all
cost. No wonder the early recruitment of the former ex-militants as some where
even handed over the tickets of the PDP to contest elections into the State
House of Assembly. What Amaechi discarded upon his coming into power in 2007,
the Wike-led PDP has assembled. No wonder it is said that one man's meat is
another man's poison! Chaii!
Since 2003, the state and indeed the Niger Delta
region has become synonymous with violence through youths engaged in arms
struggle, cultism, street gangsterism, bunkering activities, piracy, kidnapping
and hostage-taking as well as armed robbery.
From 2003 to 2007, the region was a theatre of blood with
the proliferation of light and heavy arms. It was alleged that the politicians
who armed youths for elections were unable to recover these arms from them. It
was also difficult to block. The source of supply of these arms as some of the
youths had become gun runners. But Amaechi was able to chase them out from the
streets and creeks of Port Harcourt and its environments.
His war against crime and criminality was eventually
backed up by a declaration of amnesty for all those who were prepared to drop
their arms.
Though late President Umaru Musa Yaradua succeeded in
stopping them, but the politicians know better. The billions of dollars paid
through the Amnesty Office headed by Kingsley Kuku has been justified by the
new weaponry the Niger Delta youths have amassed coupled with their renewed
arrogance and display of wealth and power through the barrel.
Those not sure of earning the support of majority of
the people at the polls did not waste time in engaging the services of these
battle-ready youths while the security agencies pretended not to know. Could it
be that the intelligence of the Department of Security Services, DSS, the
entire Service Chiefs and the NSA all failed?
Ok! I just remembered that the reason for postponing
the elections was because our dear security apparatus was engaged in flushing
out the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents in three out of thirty-six states. Abeg
make una forgive me.
Seriously speaking, we are back to the dark days of
blood-letting in Rivers state. Those who were on an eight-year sabbatical leave
had to make a quick return in order to form the new government. The new APC in
the state, unfortunately or fortunately is led by a leader who seems not to be
good in political history rather he has replaced it with some kind of
religiosity where it is an abomination for any government official to engage in
violence.
For Amaechi, if he is still what I knew him to be,
there is zero tolerance for arms in his government. Don't mind those who always
want to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it. The leader of the Governors'
Forum who brought the crack in President Jonathan's grip of the governors
believed in changing the way things used to be. Some accuse him of benefiting
from a corrupt and violent system, and now, he wants to end the old ways. But
he forgot that there is a cabal-in-waiting whose window of opportunity to haunt
down him and his so-called 'Change' gospel down was through his broken
relationship with Jonathan, whose wife, like any other, apart from Abigail in
the Bible, would have done same-come to the rescue of her dear Goodluck without
caring about the consequences of her actions and inaction.
Patience Jonathan hails from Okrika, the hometown of
the militant leader, Ateke Tom. She knows the secrets and how to get the boys
back, afterall, most of them have been wining and dining with them in Aso Rock
for 6 years.
Though what she could not do for her husband, she has
done for her 'adopted' son, Wike. Hmmmm! Whets the interest sef? Any way,
Rivers state has a deep pocket; don't mind Amaechi who refused to share the
money with the cabal in the state.
Despite the global war against terror, the desperate
politicians don't seem to give a damn as they have once again taken a shot at
power through the barrel rather than through the ballot.
Amaechi's mantra for real voting instead of
manipulation of results fell on deaf ears. He probably over estimated his
international and national popularity. After all a prophet is not known in
home. He also forgot the international community was more concerned with the
success of the elections irrespective of how the victory comes.
I knew it and I warned that the position of the
American Government and the EU is not the best. They were not in support of any
protests and violence; rather, let winners emerge by hook or by crook, chikena!
It doesn't matter how anyone wins. All that is important is if any party loses,
there must no be violence. But where a
party wins through extreme violent means, there shouldn't be a protest. Any
way, I don't blame them cos the Holy Bible tells us that,"since the days
of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of God suffereth violence and only
the violent take it by force". So, they have taken the one that suits them
from the Bible.
But the truth is that, not even our saintly Rev. Fr.
Mbaka or the spiritual leader of the Christian Church Pope John Paul II would
win an election here without the guns. I know that Amaechi has not also
attained that height of spirituality, though he is trying, so why did he think
it would be easy to win elections here without engaging the armed militia and
the security agencies who had give him the assurance that there would be
adequate security for the elections.
But like zombie, they made a U-turn when they received
a distress call from Mama Peace who was said to have told her husband she would
die in Port Harcourt if Amaechi's candidate, Dakuku Peterside was not stopped.
Chaii!
Within twenty four hours, the same security agencies
which had ransacked and harassed Wike's boys and even arrested some of them,
made a turn around to obey the last order, after all, Jonathan is still the
C-in-C with full powers until May 29.
In all shaa, I commend Wike for his excellence in
rigging and thuggery after all, who are the powers behind him? They say tell me
your friends and I will tell you who you. He has made history from House by in
Govt. House to Oga at the Top. Mbok!
I think you are nothing but a maggot who wakes up in the morning saying rubbish about Wike.... Ameachi is the real devil rivers state and the whole nation has. Ameachi is the arm rubber who hail from a Yoruba origin to rub rivers state people because of his love for rivers oil and gas...if you have nothing good to say, please go sleep and stop making mockery of your funny self
I would advice you to investigate ameachi let's know who the real rubbers are. what about the refinery project ameachi has...and the so call London based Yoruba PhD in business administration man who lodges in Le meridian hotel in port Harcourt he gave the contract to... what about all other stolen resources he has hiding in other countries...he is a bloody betrayal and a thief who had kept the judiciary system on strike for almost a year...Wike has done nothing wrong.. he is God sent to the people of rivers state. he is the true soil born child of rivers so he is the rightful owner of the throne.... ameachi and his bloody cabinet should get out of that sit and let peace reign in rivers else he faces rivers people...