Wike spreading fake news – Amaechi

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Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused Governor Neysom Wike of propagating falsehood against him.

Amaechi, the All Progressives Congress chieftain, remarked this through a statement by his media office on Tuesday titled, ‘Amaechi never promised to return abandoned property to Igbo in River State.’

A statement that the Igbos in Rivers State would have their properties seized after the civil war back like what happened to them in the north and west if APC governorship candidate, Tony Cole is elected had been credited to the ex-governor.

He was accused of saying so at a rally.

Responding, Amaechi alleged Wike of being behind the misrepresentation of his comment.

Setting the record straight, he wrote: “We are astonished that even the respected Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers fell for the false story and fake news being propagated by the Rivers State Governor without making any effort to clarify what Amaechi actually said; yet they went ahead to address the media, castigating and condemning the immediate past Rivers State Governor on the basis of a fake, ill-conceived story obviously concocted by the current failed Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.

“We would ordinarily not respond to these kinds of comments deliberately twisted by the rarely sober Governor Wike and his agents of wickedness and mischief who Rivers people and Nigerians know they trade in divisive fake news, to malign the person and character of Amaechi.

“Amaechi did not and has never said anything about compensation on abandoned properties to the Igbo in Rivers State.

“He only rehashed his apology to the Igbo when he became governor of Rivers State, that he was sorry on behalf of the state on abandoned properties from the Nigerian civil war.

“Amaechi only mentioned compensation when he spoke about people who are being intimidated, harassed and threatened with violence due to their choice of voting and support for the APC in the upcoming governorship and state assembly elections.

“We need you to come out, we need you to stand, we need you not to be harassed. If they burn any of your houses or they burn any of your shops, write your name and give to …. We will replace everything they burned, everything you lost. The Rivers State Government will not start if we win, without paying you back.

“This is the true state of things, and we urge Rivers people to ignore and discountenance the misconstrued tirades being peddled by Governor Nyesom Wike and his agents.”

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