Hopes of a possible reconciliation between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his predecessor and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, dimmed on Tuesday as both politicians resumed their tirade against each other.
Wike had in the wake of his re-election extended an Olive Branch to the opposition parties in the state, calling for all to join hands for the development of the state.
In his Easter message, Amaechi raised the hope of the people for reconciliation when he said it was time to join hands for the development of the state.
Elected and appointment officers of the party led by Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Andrew Uchendu, announced the acceptance of the truce offered by Wike.
But the acrimony resurfaced yesterday as Wike and Amaechi engaged each other in another press was.
Wike yesterday declared that Rivers people overwhelmingly voted for him during the 2019 Governorship Election because of his outstanding performance and projects delivery.
He was reacting to allegations made by Amaechi during his appearance on Channels Television Sunrise Daily on Tuesday.
Addressing Government House Press in Port Harcourt, Wike said the Former Rivers State Governor failed in his quest to truncate his second term because Rivers people are happy with his work.
He said he wouldn't have responded to the falsehood being peddled by the Minister of Transportation, but he owes the public the duty to set the record straight.
He said: "It is unfortunate. I extended the Olive Branch and I meant every word of it. It was on that basis that the State Attorney General filed a nolle prosequi to withdraw the charge against Flag Amachree.
"If I did not do well in my first term, PDP wouldn't have given me the party's flag to fly. In 2015, the same man vowed that over his dead body would I emerge victorious.
"I have done well for my people . It is for the people of Rivers State to decide. It is not the place of Amaechi to decide.
"We have over 6 million people and over 3 million registered voters. Therefore, Amaechi cannot say I cannot go for a second term. He has only one vote.
"In the past, he said an Ikwerre man cannot succeed another Ikwerre man. Today, he is saying his grouse is that I cannot go for a second term. At every step, he has one story or the other".
Governor Wike said contrary to the story that Amaechi peddled whilst he was on Channels Television, kidnapping raged during his tenure. He said it was so bad that the State Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission under Amaechi was kidnapped.
The Governor noted that despite the national high rate of insecurity, Rivers State is relatively peaceful, with very high ratings.
"Our internally Generated Revenue has improved due to the peace and security in the state," he said.
Wike said the political misfortune that befell the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the last general elections in Rivers State was principally due to the impunity of Amaechi .
He said: "It is because of this impunity that his party was not on the ballot. Because of this impunity he has denied so many people their political future ".
He said that the plots by Amaechi to manipulate the tribunal would fail like other previous plots. The Governor noted that Amaechi's boast that he appointed the members of the tribunal and they would work for him remains one of his empty boasts.
Wike said that Amaechi's plot to use the police to illegally certify fake results as he did for Rivers East Senatorial District during the rerun elections tribunal would fail.
"The game he played in Rivers East of using the police to certify fake results will not work. During the rerun Police certified fake results. That game will not work again. We have gone beyond that . We are waiting for the police to certify fake results for Amaechi ".
He stated that there was no way that the defeated African Action Congress (AAC) Governorship Candidate, Biokpomabo Awara, would have been coasting to victory when he neither campaigned or printed posters.
He said: "Awara ran for the PDP councillorship in 2018 and lost. For this election, he did not Campaign and never printed posters.
"Look at that kind of impunity. He brought a man that the people of Rivers State never knew three days to the election.
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