The ongoing political crisis in Rivers State took a new dimension, Saturday when the supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, bluntly told the State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, to pack and go, saying that his rent has expired.
He made this remark during the inauguration of ward and chapter executives of the Grassroots Development Initiative in Abonnema, Rivers State.
Wike who doubles as the grand patron of the GDI, a group used to mobilise Rivers people for President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP, called on Amaechi to leave the PDP, saying, “Amaechi, pack and go. Your rent has expired.”
“Amaechi you are not God. Amaechi, I say you are not God, and you cannot be God because you are a tenant, your house rent has expired. Therefore, pack and go.”
According to him, those making President Goodluck Jonathan’s government ungovernable should be ashamed of themselves, as their plans had failed.
Speaking on opening of a parallel PDP in the state, the minister maintained that it was not possible for the New PDP to exist in the Rivers.
He said, “There is only one PDP in the state. We are not accepting any condition. Our only leader is Felix Obuah. We are a PDP government and we cannot allow parallel office in Rivers State.
“Their rent has expired. Even if they want to open it at the Government House, we cannot allow them. We will make sure that we frustrate every move to open a parallel PDP in this state.”
Wike however, charged the people of the state to continue to support the President Jonathan’s government.
“All they have done have failed. Nothing will make you to change. Continue to support our son, Mr. President. In 2015, mobilise and make sure Jonathan wins.
“When I told them they would not sleep, they thought we are playing. Are they sleeping now? They should pack and go,” the minister added.
In a swift reaction, the Chief of Staff, Government House, Tony Okocha, said Wike must not decide whom the people of the state should support.
Okocha said that the New PDP had come to stay despite sealing of its secretariat in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
“Wike is not in a position to decide where we should lean. We have our inalienable rights as citizens of Nigeria, which include the freedom of association. We are also aware of our limitations.
“The New PDP has come to stay in Rivers State. Our flags are official, not minding what their co-travellers; the police are doing around that axis,” he stressed.
Okocha, disagreed with the minister that Amaechi was playing God, saying, “Wike is the man who is acting the octopus. He is the one who is acting God. For him to have said Amaechi and Rivers will sleep with one eye open means he is the one playing God.”
Source: DailyPost