The meeting, which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, had in attendance governors Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe) and Kashim Shettima (Borno)
Browsing: Governor Rotimi Amaechi
News Express went further to state after the above directive, “Amaechi reportedly walked towards Bipialaka, saying: “Shoot me?” He then ordered his security details to arrest Bipialaka, but the order could not be effected due to stiff resistance by the rebel leader’s orderly assisted by thugs and policemen”
It said the reason that Amaechi has been targeted by his all-powerful enemies, who have used national institutions – including the police – against him, are his strenuous defence of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, which he chairs; his battle for his state and its people over their oil well dispute with Bayelsa State, which is in furtherance of his efforts to live up to his oath of office and constitutional responsibility; and his audacity in rejecting dictations from an unelected self-important personality on how he governs his state
Some of the projects visited included the Kelsey Harrison 120-bed
Hospital, some modern primary schools and the 38,000 sitter stadium
complex
The governors were: Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State; Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State; Ibukunle Amosu, Ogun State; Rauf Aregbesola, Osun State; and Abiola Ajumobi, Oyo State
The ACN wondered when it became a sin for any Nigerian, including elected officials, to visit any part of the country as the governors did, saying there can be no justification other than organized political rascality for a group of paid hoodlums to invade a secure environment like the airport and pelt the convoy bearing the governors with all sorts of objects
The governors – Rabiyu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Sule Lamido of Jigawa State and Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State – were on a solidarity visit to the Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi
The First Lady urged those who are crying more than the bereaved to stop magnifying the misunderstanding, while reiterating that Amaechi and the Minister of State for Education, Nyeson Wike, who is also from Rivers State, remain her sons, brothers and kinsmen
If the climate of opinion against the President in the mainstream media is bad, it is worse in the new media where Dr. Jonathan has effectively been chased out of the social media. He hardly tweets, if at all he does that these days
The governors made the call in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in a communiqué jointly signed by them after a solidarity visit to Governor Chibuike Amaechi
The protesters had besieged the airport shortly before the arrival of Governors Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano) at the Port Harcourt International Airport
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who inaugurated the commission, urged them to investigate and ascertain the remote and immediate causes of the crises
However, Fasehun insisted that Rivers State Governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, must accord due honour to the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, despite their personal differences
The PDP appears to have added public brawling to its list of accomplishments. The self-proclaimed largest party in Africa has turned into a fight club that employs the police as ushers for its matches
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the statement credited to PSC Chairman, Mike Okiro, suggests that his commission is only interested in the role of the police in last week’s clashes, rather than how the police hierarchy in the state wantonly allowed the flare-up simply because it is acting to protect certain interests at the expense of public interest
Osinlu said Soyinka, as a global and very influential personality, should watch his words as his views are capable of shaping public opinion either positively or negatively
He said as an elder, Soyinka should have got his fact right before making any public comment
The coalition is asking for full investigations of all the excesses of the commissioner, which has compromised the security of lives and property in the state
Amaechi, who made the move to have a private meeting with Jonathan when he received the President at the Port Harcourt International Airport, was stylishly turned down
Amaechi shifts NGF meeting as mark of respect for the President