'You're Doing Rail To Niger Republic, Which One Have You Done In Your State?' - Wike To Amaechi

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, said that the former governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, was "doing a rail to Niger Republic, which one have you done in your state?"

This follows the exchange of words between the incumbent governor and the former governor.

Wike responded to Amaechi's declaration of his being the best governor of the state, a claim Wike said he had no problem admitting to if Amaechi could name one achievement.

Amaechi and Wike's bandying began at the funeral of a former justice of the Supreme Court, Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, where Wike was accused of not effectively tackling insecurity plaguing Rivers, among other issues.

Amaechi had told Wike, “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 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."

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In response, Wike said that the minister could not point to one thing he had done to improve the state.

He said, “Rivers people will ask you, what will you tell us. You’re doing rail to Niger Republic, which one have you done in your state?

“As minister of education, I brought faculty of law to Port Harcourt; I brought N500 million grant to Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, I built so many schools. As a minister, I’m proud.

“You’re a minister, tell Rivers people I brought this, mention one. If you mention one, I’ll resign now. Mention what you’ve brought to Rivers people to convince them. We’re too educated for you to go to Kalamari to incite them.

“He said judges lost their voice. He’s right, why won’t they? A man who shut down the court for two years, NBA didn’t say anything. So, if he is now saying that NBA lost their voice, he’s right. Today, nobody talks about it that’s why he has the audacity to tell NBA they’ve lost their voice,” Wike said.

“You went to a supreme court justice house to tell him the president is not happy with him, why won’t judges lose their voice?

“I also heard him say he’s the best governor. I have no problem about that, he’s very right. If a man can close the court for two years, why would he not be the best governor?

“One of the things that made him the best governor, for fumigation of a state like Rivers state, we paid over N12 billion naira so that there would be no more mosquitoe. Today, mosquito is still biting me,” he said.

“He is not one of the best, he is the best. Who would have done all he did without being the best?”