of his frosty relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan,
saying the state is being victimised. Amaechi, who is the
Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum, noted that he left the
PDP for the APC to protect the interest of Rivers people.
"For Rivers State, basically that is the cause of the quarrel
and you have a choice to make. The choice for me is to vote
out PDP and there is no sentiment about that.
"Legally, we have not lost Soku (oil wells). We have just
lost Soku to the fact that the President is from Bayelsa. When
a President that is not from Bayelsa comes, he will look at the
facts and the facts are there.
"The Federal Government, in writing in the court, said to
the court: 'sorry, court, we made a mistake; we will correct
the mistake' and we have told the Federal Government: 'don't
call us for a meeting; go and correct that mistake. How could
you people wake up in 2011… suddenly changed the map of
Nigeria and take Soku (a part of Rivers State) into Bayelsa
State?"
Amaechi also said the Jonathan administration refused to
carry on a very important road project awarded by the
Olusegun Obasanjo administration to link the oil-rich Bonny
Island in the state.
He said: "That road to Bonny was awarded by former
President Olusegun Obasanjo. They started; they have done
just one bridge... President Goodluck Jonathan has forgotten
about that road completely, despite the fact that part of the
money that feeds the Nigerian economy comes from that
place, Bonny. That's where you have the natural gas plant."
Amaechi then proceeded to ask the medical doctors he was
addressing some questions:
"Should the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that
schooled in the University of Port Harcourt, worked at
OMPADEC, Ministry of Education, University of Education
or College of Education (COE) sit down there and deny
Rivers people water?"
The people chorused 'No'.
"Should I remain in that kind of government (party)?" Again,
the people chorused 'No.'
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