PORT HARCOURT— FORMER Minister of Petroleum, Professor Tam David-West, has expressed worries over the action of some members of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, who he said tried to make 16 votes look higher than 19.
David-West, who spoke Tuesday night when he led a delegation on a courtesy visit to Governor Chibuike Amaechi at Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said Amaechi was a victim of injustice.
He wondered how it could be explained that 16 votes had suddenly become higher than 19, in reference to the outcome of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum election.
He said: “We are going through very strange times in Nigeria; stranger still that 16 are now more than 19.
“Our governor is going through very difficult times. Fortunately, he has the stamina, strength and fortitude to endure.”
Describing the governor as a hero with decorum, David-West said Amaechi has outperformed every other former governor of the state, stressing that it was because of his commitment to fairness and justice that some had become his enemies.
He said: “I have followed the history of all governors to Amaechi. From Diette-Spiff to him, I make bold to say without any apologies or regrets that no governor has focused himself to elevating Rivers State more than Amaechi.
“When the governor was visiting Buguma to campaign for election, they honoured me to speak and I said ‘anyone who says that Governor Amaechi has done nothing for Rivers State or Port Harcourt, is worse than the bat’.”
He decried the suspension of Governor Amaechi from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, even as he reaffirmed his support for the governor.
Source: Vanguard