Amaechi Raises Alarm Over Alleged Plot To Blackmail Him.

Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state, has raised an alarm over alleged plans to blackmail him by his successor, Nyesome Wike, in conjunction with some people of the state. 


Amaechi opined that Wike and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state are jittery over his imminent appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari, hence their plan to tarnish his image in the eyes of the president, who detests corruption.

Amaechi made the allegation while speaking at a reception organized in his honour in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja yesterday night, The Nation.

He said, “Let me tell you what is currently going on in Rivers State. The governor and PDP are afraid of me getting an appointment to the national executive council because that will determine what the politics of Rivers State will be.
“And they know that the current President abhors corruption and the only way they can stop me from getting the appointment is to paint me with corruption. And the people that know me in Rivers State know that I don’t like money. But I am not angry with them. My anger is that in Rivers they know I don’t like money. And I expect them to defend me that I don’t like money.”
The former governor added,“Governor Nyesome Wike has again sponsored one advert in a bid to rubbish me. He will go and publish in the paper on Monday as advert. Only God knows that if there is one thing I don’t like, I don’t like money. Anybody close to me knows that I don’t like money. Even Nyesom Wike told me you will not win second term if you don’t use money. So all this wasted projects will not deliver us. And I said let us do it once and for all.”