'Why Will The Former Gov Be Making Such Embarrassing Remarks?" - Wike To Amaechi

The burial of a former Supreme Court Justice, Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, was not without drama, as the incumbent Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, bandied words, with Wike saying that the former governor was making "embarrassing remarks".

Amacehi 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 (sic), but they have blocked those voices.

“Everyone is scared. We are going back to when Ateke 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.

“We are all here because we need to bury a man God has blessed. I have stopped travelling because of bad weather, but I told myself I must be here because of Justice Whyte.

“If you knew Justice (Karibi-Whyte) very well, you will know I was close to him. I was one of the few people he mentored.” 

Wike, responding to the words of the Amaechi, who serves as the transportation minister, said it was puzzling why the "former governor will choose to make such embarrassing remarks at the funeral" of the late justice.

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He said, “It is unfortunate for Amaechi to come to Kalabari land and accuse former President Goodluck Jonathan of not developing the area six years after he had left office.

“I wonder why the former governor will choose to make such embarrassing remarks at the funeral of late Justice Karibi-Whyte, a man he (Amaechi) claimed to be his mentor.”