The Minister said this on Channels Television's breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, in the morning of February 3, 2014, Monday.
Mr Wike, who was once a close associate of Governor Amaechi, noted that the state had enjoyed political peace until Governor Chibuike Amaechi came into office.
The crisis in the state is based "on decisions that the Governor of the state has taken to lead Rivers State to an opposition which has not happened since 1967 that Rivers State was created and politically, Rivers State has never played an opposition politics."
"Amaechi thinks that everybody must go along with him and if nobody goes along with him, impunity is there," the Minister said.
He accused the Governor of trying to impose his will on the people, saying it is the reason for the reactions.
Mr Wike also accused Governor Amaechi of intimidating the Chairman of the State chapter of the PDP, Felix Obuah, for going to the court to secure his position against Amaechi's wishes.
The Minister further claimed that the Governor had deterred him from running for Senate because they were both from the same Senatorial district and he wanted to run for Senate in 2015. He said that the governor had fears that he (Wike) would want to return to Senate again.
"But when he became the Chairman of the governors' forum, he realised that the influence he wields…could be beyond being a senator. So let me use that forum to organise myself politically and become relevant nationally."
According to the Minister, Governor Amaechi was on a mission to clear the state politics of some people he identified as strong in order not to have his succession plan challenged.
Commenting on the fact that the Governor had nominated him to be the Minister, Wike said it was part of the plan to get rid of him.
Via: ChannelsTv
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