Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his predecessor and Minister of Transportation,
Amaechi drew first blood Saturday on the renewed verbal attack during the funeral for eminent jurist,
He said, "You have lost your voice. The sage (the late justice) has gone under and nobody is speaking. When I was governor, I gave people voices, but they have blocked those voices. Everyone is scared.
"We are going back to when Ateke Tom held sway. We are going back to the period where we run away from our people. We are back to a period when nobody could speak. But from next year, I will begin to speak, if nobody wants to speak."
Reacting, his predecessor, Wike, yesterday, said, "Amaechi does not have the moral ground to talk about development in Rivers when he wasted so much money on non-existing projects.
"Go round the state, you will never see anything that looks like
"When I came into office, I was told that it will cost about N30billion to complete that project. If I had such money, I will build more infrastructure across the state. His
"On education, the council recorded that 485 primary schools were proposed for construction. Some existing old schools were demolished when they required rehabilitation. Work started on 478 schools but only 116 schools were completed across the state.
"Amaechi also awarded 15 Modern Secondary Schools for 15 local government areas at over N4billion each. Only the
On Amaechi's notion of renewed fear among Rivers populace under Wike, he said, "Rivers State is safer than any other state. See what is happening in Bornu,
"When Amaechi was governor,
"Amaechi's hometown, Ubima is a place you have a large number of cultists he uses. The heads of security agencies he influences their postings, come here and see the reality on the ground that the state is safe."
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