Struggle to Impose Governor on Rivers, Cause of Conflict with Amaechi, Says Wike

Ernest Chinwo Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the struggle to impose a governor on the people of the state was the reason behind the conflict between him and the immediate past governor and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi.

Speaking yesterday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Wike regretted that some former and out-going governors expend energy and resources to impose successors on their respective states.

He declared that godfatherism is becoming a major political crisis impeding development across the country.

He said: “I will not support anyone dictating what will happen in Rivers State. The crisis you are seeing is the struggle to bring a successor.

“Everybody who worked with him (Amaechi) is bad. I held the home-front when he ran away to Ghana on exile and the other Senator (Magnus Abe) he is fighting worked for him. If everyone that associates with you is bad, then something is fundamentally wrong.”

He added: “After spending eight years as governor, someone wants to superintend on the activities of the state. This is not Lagos State. We are different.”

The governor stated that former Rivers State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, is not involved in any form of political conflicts because he has transformed into a statesman, who is not desperate to impose a governor.