Minister of Transport and former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has rejected the Grand Service Star of Rivers State award his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, is expected to confer on him tomorrow May 27th.
Yesterday, LIB reported that as part of activities to mark the 50th year celebration of the state, Governor Nyesom Wike put together an award ceremony where past leaders of the state will be
awarded for the development they brought to the state when they were in office. Amongst the past leaders penned down for such honor was Amaechi. Recall that both men have remained political rivals for many years now.
In a statement released today, Amaechi described Wike's award as a poisoned Chalice. According to him, he has not received a letter from the state government inviting him to the award ceremony.
Read his statement below...
In the past couple of days, Minister of Transportation and immediate past governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has been inundated with calls and enquiries from journalists about a purported award/honour to him from Nyesom Wike, the current governor of Rivers State.
The minister was shown a publication of the Rivers State government indicating his name as one of many others to be given awards by Nyesom Wike. But as at today, Amaechi has not received any communication from Nyesom Wike and/or Rivers State government in this respect. Be that as it may, we want to state categorically that whatever Wike claims to be giving to Amaechi is a poisoned chalice that has been unequivocally rejected by the minister.
Firstly, the purported award itself is a contradiction of monumental proportions, a contradiction that can only come from a warped and perverted mind. From day one as governor, Wike has made it his sole, one-point agenda to attack, abuse, insult and falsely denigrate Amaechi, his immediate predecessor and erstwhile benefactor.
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