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Police Deprived Ameachi Of Entering Rivers Govt House

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Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Ameachi has experienced another sordid
treatment of “an order from above” as he was disallowed from entering into the
Government house, Port Harcourt via the Fortes Road entrance
on Thursday by a detachment of the Nigerian Police Force. 
 
The Governor, alongside his convoy and a company of former Speakers of
Houses Assembly in the country, who came to visit him, were blocked off the
private entrance of the Government House. 
 
This was regardless of his four truckloads of policemen led by several
senior officers of the Force. 
Accord to reports, a heated argument ensued between the Governor’s aides and
the policemen who they claimed they were acting on orders from above. 
 
“The police officer who led the team was said to have told Amaechi that he
does not take orders from the civilian, even when he was aware that it was the
Governor.” 
According to one the aides, Amaechi’s overture to pacify the police officers
failed as they insisted that they can only act with superior order from Abuja. 
 
 The State Commissioner for Information, Ibim Semenitari, said it was
tantamount to  big embarrassment as “the governor had to go through a much
longer route”. 
 
She also decried the level of impunity the crisis was creating adding that
the action of the policemen  is a disrespect to Amaechi and  his
office as well as “an affront on democracy and federalism.” 
 
“It was a big embarrassment. One shudders to think and it’s an affront on
federalism. 
“We are waiting for the next move. May be the Governor would now be placed
under house arrest” she stated. 
 
“It’s clearly unacceptable in any decent society”, she said. 
Besides, the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, George Feyii, said in
a statement in Abuja 
He recalled the stealthy deployment of “strange policemen and intelligence
officers” to the Governor’s lodges in Abuja and Port Harcourt without prior
notice to the Governor as was the practice nationwide. 
 
Feyii’s statement read in part: “The Rivers State Government notes with
distress what is now an apparent attack on the person of Governor Chibuike
Rotimi Amaechi. 
 
“On Tuesday (July 16), two policemen, one of them, Inspector Bawa,
reported to the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge at Justice Mohammed Bello Street,
Asokoro, FCT, Abuja. 
“They claimed to have been posted by Nigeria Police Force Headquarters to
monitor the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge. 
 
“Earlier, four intelligence officers had been posted to Government House, Port
Harcourt by the Rivers State Police Command. These postings were done without
any notification or reference to Governor Amaechi. 
“We are aware that on issues of personal safety, an official reserves the
right to pick the security personnel to whom he may entrust his safety. This is
more so in the case of a state Governor. 
 
“The policemen insisted on Wednesday morning (July 17) that they
had directives to remain at the gate of the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge. 
“Not only is the Rivers State Government uncertain of the true identity of
these gentlemen, we are worried as to the true intent behind these latest
postings. 
 
“In recent times, events in Rivers State and especially around Governor
Amaechi have been suggestive of deliberate nonchalance at best, and complicity
at worst in the security breaches that have occurred. 
“This trend has continued despite a passionate appeal to the highest levels
of authority. 
 
“We are worried that we can no longer guarantee the safety of Governor
Chibuike Amaechi and wish to reiterate our call on all relevant authorities to
ensure the safety of Governor Amaechi and the peace and security of everyone in
Rivers State”, the Feyii pleaded. 
 
It was gathered that the Governor and his entourage were delayed for about
45 minutes after which they had to take the option of a longer route through
the Azikiwe Road entrance to the Government House. 
This is one among the humiliations the governor has been made to face since
the beginning of his row with the presidency.

Police Deprived Ameachi Of Entering Rivers Govt House

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Ameachi has experienced another sordid treatment of “an order from above” as he was disallowed from entering...

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Women Behind Nigeria’s Most Powerful Politicians

As often said, beside every successful man, there is a woman. It has just
come to the fore that every successful politician has a woman of great influence who plays along with him. If
it was the man’s spouse, it is considered better because courage and support
are brood right from home. This is more so, considering the fact that no woman
will watch her husband record a public and documented failure during his stay
in office. 
LEADERSHIP FRIDAY presents some selected Nigerian women who are considered
powerful themselves, and who also rally round their husbands. They are seen as
the women behind powerful politicians in Nigeria. They are: 
 
DAME PATIENCE JONATHAN: 
As it stands now the biggest influence on the Nigerian political landscape
is undoubtedly President Goodluck Jonathan. President Jonathan’s ascending
political profile since the advent of this democratic dispensation is a feat
that is rarely achieved. Yet one cannot glorify him and underestimate the role
played by his spouse, Dame Patience Jonathan. It is believed that Patience
wields much influence on Jonathan’s political decisions. For instance, it was 
rumoured recently in some quarters and carried by some media that Lady
Jonathan, who is known to be a strong advocate of women rights and growth,
might have influenced the expulsion of the Rivers State governor, Rotimi
Chibuike Ameachi, by the State chapter of the ruling People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) as there has been a face-off between her and the Governor who are both
indigenes of the State. Dame Patience pursues the course for the empowerment
and respect for the rights of women with unprecedented zeal. She was known for
this course even right from when her husband was Deputy Governor of Bayelsa
State. 
Patience, who has a BSc. in Biology and Psychology from the University of
Port Harcourt, was born in 1957 into a respectable Christian family of Lazarus
Iwari-Oba in Port-Harcourt. 
 
AMINA SAMBO (OFR): 
Mrs Amina Sambo (OFR) is
the wife of Vice President Namadi Sambo, and therefore Nigeria’s Second Lady.
She was Kaduna State’s First Lady between 2007 and 2010 when her husband was
governor of the State. As a background influence to her husband, she must have
been a good companion and adviser, contributing to the political ingenuity that
has seen him to the topmost echelon of Nigerian politics today. 
Mrs Amina Sambo was born in Riyom, Barikin Ladi Local Government Area of
Plateau State, Nigeria. She had her primary education at Girls Boarding School,
Gindiri, Plateau State, after which she enrolled for a Nursing course before
she had her secondary education.
She is currently the Executive Director of the Grassroots Health Organisation
of Nigeria (GHON). 
She coordinated a national programme
on the prevention of Vesico Vaginal Fistula
(VVF) towards safe motherhood in Nigeria, and was a consultant on delivery at
the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) projects in
northern Nigeria. In view of her outstanding achievements and contributions to
national growth, she was conferred with the award of Officer of the Federal
Republic (OFR) by President Jonathan. 
 
SENATOR (MRS) DAISY DANJUMA: 
She is the wife of Theophilus Yusuf Danjuma, a retired General who, by
virtue of his philanthropic gestures has received various awards and titles
across the country; a man who is now seen by many as a political benefactor and
advisor to the political elites, especially those of northern extraction. 
Senator (Mrs) Daisy, a former senator from Plateau State, is a graduate of Law
from Ahmadu Bello University. 
In 2003, she was elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where
she has served on various committees, most notably, as Chairman of the ECOWAS
Parliament’s Women and
Children Committee and Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs and Youth
Development. 
 
HELEN DAVID MARK: 
The Senate President, David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark is married to four
wives. They are Omale, Kate, Helen and Randa. Mark, who represents Benue South
federal constituency, is a former military governor of Niger State. He was
first elected into the Senate in 1999 and has clinched the position till date.
He is indeed, one of the influential political figures in Benue State, if not
the most powerful and sophisticated politician in the state. 
Senator Mark enjoys a lot of support from all his wives, one of whom is
Helen, who often identifies with him in his political struggles and is often
seen with him in official outings. 
 
HAJIYA INNA MARYAM CIROMA: 
Former minister of Women Affairs and current Acting Managing Director, National Inland Waterways
Authority, Hajiya Inna Maryam Ciroma, is the wife of former minister of
finance, Alhaji Adamu Ciroma. Hajiya Inna was born on September 11, 1954 in
Biu, Borno State. She attended Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, where she
graduated in 1978 with a degree in Political Science. She later obtained a Post
Graduate Diploma in Public
Administration, perhaps, in her desire to sharpen and equip herself for the
task of public service and administration. 
Having had several careers cutting across federal civil service, private
entrepreneurship and investment, there is no doubt that she is very exposed.
Her husband, Adamu Ciroma, is also a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN). He was the chairman of the Obasanjo 2003 re-election Campaign
Organisation. This shows how the Ciromas are considered politically weighty and
relevant by Obasanjo who was, then, very desperate for his re-election bid. Of
course, he needed no less political personalities than the Ciromas whose role
in capturing the north was considered un-negotiable. 
There is no doubt that Adamu Ciroma is an old pillar in Nigerian politics.
In 1979, he was a presidential aspirant on the platform of the National Party
of Nigeria (NPN). However, he did not scale through in the party primaries. He
also served as NPN secretary. Ciroma was, 
at other times, minister of Industries and Agriculture. Behind this
unwavering politician who was a respected senior cabinet member during the
Shagari administration, Hajiya Inna is the woman that provides all sorts of
encouragement and support. 
 
HAJIA HAUWA DANBABA SUNTAI: 
The rave of the moment, Hajia Hauwa Danbaba Suntai is the wife of Governor
Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State. Hauwa, a Shuwa Arab from Borno State, is the
reliable storehouse of the Taraba governor who was 
involved in an air crash in
October last year in Yola, Adamawa State, when he was reported to be flying
himself in a private jet. Hauwa has been standing by her husband throughout his
ordeal, practically demonstrating that what he needed mostly to recover is,
perhaps, the affection and emotional therapy of a dear one. During this same
time, Hauwa gave birth to twins in USA where her husband was receiving treatment
after he was transferred from a German hospital where he was initially
admitted. 
Just last weekend, her husband was flown into the country from John Hopkins
Hospital, USA. Following this, many are still in doubt if the governor is
physically fit to function in his capacity as the governor of the state. It
therefore, looks similar to the Umaru Musa
Yar’adua sickness saga when Turai was practically doing everything possible to
rule the country by proxy, thereby, safe-guarding her husband’s position. 
Similarly, Hauwa Suntai is being rumoured to be playing the same role to
ensure that her husband’s seat is retained.  Despite that the Taraba State
acting governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, is officially carrying out the
constitutional duties conferred on him in the governor’s absence, Hauwa’s
influence in the Taraba government house
cannot be denied. 
 
DAME JUDITH AMAECHI: 
Dame Judith Amaechi is the wife of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of
Rivers State. She is the founder, Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI), a
non-governmental organisation concerned with campaigns against HIV/AIDS,
protecting the rights of women and children and promotion of gender equality as
well as girl-child education. 
Dame Judith was born on December 24, 1970. She attended Federal Government
College, Abuloma in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. She later attended Rivers
State University of Science and Technology, where she graduated in Urban and
Regional Planning. Her husband has suffered high degrees of political crisis in
recent times ranging from the imbroglio involving his official aircraft and
officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in Akure, Ondo State,
an attempt to unseat him as the chairman of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF)
which pitched him against President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor David Jonah
Jang of Plateau State, to the recent violence that took over his state assembly
in what was unexpected of civilised lawmakers of this century. 
Not forgotten is the rift between Amaechi and the commissioner of police in
Rivers, Mr Mbu J. Mbu which was interpreted by many as a stage-managed and
tele-guided scenario. It is interesting to note that while the wranglings
lasted, Dame Judith, like the proverbial rock of Gibraltar, stood closely by
her husband with a rare philosophical calmness and in a manner that seems to
assure him: “don’t worry; the coast will soon be clear and safe”. 
 
HAJIYA JUMMAI BABANGIDA ALIYU: 
Hajiya Jummai Babangida Aliyu is the wife of Governor Mu’azu Babangida
Aliyu, the Chief Servant of Niger State, as often referred to. Her husband is
one of the most powerful politicians in the country. Aliyu was elected governor
of Niger State in April 2007 on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP). He was re-elected for a second term on April 26, 2011. Therefore, by
2015, he would have governed the state for eight years. 
Also, Governor Aliyu is the incumbent chairman, Northern States Governors’
Forum, a formidable political forum to reckon with. At the pick of the crisis
that rocked the NGF, Aliyu, not minding whose ox is being gored, stood his
ground and maintained that the embattled governor Chibuike Amaechi should be
recognized as the elected chairman of the forum, going by votes cast. 
Hajiya Jummai, popularly known as Madam Chief Servant of Niger State,
following the nomenclature carved by her husband, is the fountain of courage
behind Governor Aliyu. Some of the initiatives she introduced in the state are
Women Empowerment, Reforming Prisoners, minimizing and addressing the issue of
sexual abuse and ensuring that every Niger child is computer literate. 
 
HAJIYA NANA KASHIM SHETTIMA: 
Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima is the wife of Borno State governor, Alhaji
Kashim Shettima. Recently, Nana took a bold and exemplary step by empowering no
less than 500 women in the state with soft loans to enable them start petty
trading activities. Using Support for Widows, Orphans and Tsangaya (SWOT)
Foundation,  a pet project founded by her, she was able to bring succour
to the less privileged women , most of whom were victims of the serial
insurgent attacks and destructions unleashed on the state by the Boko Haram
sect. 
Recently, during the Ramadan, she distributed cash and food items to 400
Muslim widows and orphans in Borno. 
Her husband, Governor Shettima, would have been thrown into a state of
political convulsion following the eruption of violent attacks in his state if
he were not a man of strong will, added to the support of a wife like Nana. It
can be rightly said that since Shettima came to office, he had not had
opportunity to peacefully drink water and drop the proverbial cup, having
inherited a state that has, overnight, become a training camp and breeding
ground for the insurgent group. 
However, in good and bad times, Governor Shettima is sure of one thing – the
moral support and encouragement of his wife, Nana. 
 
AISHA BUHARI: 
Hajiya Aisha Buhari is the articulate wife of General Muhammadu Buhari. She
was born in Adamawa State to the family of Nigeria’s first minister of defence,
Muhammadu Ribadu. She is also a granddaughter of the first Chiroma of Adamawa.
Hajiya Aisha attended Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, where she bagged a
Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration. She also attended Carlton Institute
of London and the Academy Esthetique Beauty Institute of France, Dubai, where
she obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Cosmetology and Beauty Therapy. 
She is also a graduate of International Affairs and Strategic Planning. 
Over the years, as General Buhari continued to pursue his presidential
aspiration, she has always done everything within her reach to support him and
ensure that he wins election. She once assured Nigerian women during a fund
raising dinner for female candidates of the defunct Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC) that if her husband won the presidential election, that women will
be given the priority they deserved which would focus on their health,
education, and being given opportunity to contribute to the growth of
Nigeria.  What else can a woman do to further fortify the political
fortress of her husband more than what Aisha has done? 
 
JUSTICE (MRS) FATI ABUBAKAR: 
Justice (Mrs) Fati Lami Abubakar shares in the fame of her husband, General
Abdussalami Abubakar (Rtd) who ended the long military rule in Nigeria by
voluntarily handing over power to a democratically elected civilian president.
It is one historic gesture that makes these Abubakars unique in Nigeria’s
political history. With the growing popularity of the position of First Lady,
one would have thought that Lady Abubakar would advise for a stay-on. 
However, Justice (Mrs) Abubakar is a success story on her own. She is the
first female lawyer, Solicitor-General and Attorney-General of Niger State
respectively. She is currently a Judge of the High Court of Niger State. 
A second child of the late Waziri of Minna, Alhaji Umaru Audu and Hajiya
Nana Asma’u, Justice Abubakar was born in Minna, Niger State. From college, she
gained admission to study law at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife,
graduating with an LLB in 1975. 
 
JUSTICE (MRS) MARY ODILI:    
The mention of Nigeria’s strong politicians can never be complete without
the mention of Peter Odili, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, who is
said to have nurtured the incumbent governor, Rotimi Ameachi. Justice Mary
Odili is the woman that has been behind 
Odili as his wife. Mary is currently a Justice of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria. 
Justice Mary Odili was born on May 12, 1952 at Amudi Obizi Ezinihitte,
Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. She attended University of Nigeria,
Nsukka, Enugu Campus (UNEC), where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Law
(LL.B Hons) in 1976. She had held several judicial positions at one time or the
other in Rivers State, Abuja, Kaduna and so on. This legal giant was appointed
a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on June 23, 2013. 
 
AMBASSADOR BIANCA OJUKWU: 
Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu is the wife of Biafran warlord and vibrant
politician, late Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu. Before his death, Ojukwu was a national
leader of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), on which platform he had
contested for presidency but did not win. 
Controversies seem to trail this ethereal beauty, lawyer and business woman
and the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Pageant winner in 1988, Miss Africa and
the first black woman to win Miss Intercontinental, Bianca Ojukwu. 
Bianca Odinaka Olivia Ojukwu is the daughter of the legal luminary and
former governor of the old Anambra State, late Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh,
of Ngwo, Enugu State. She met the late Ojukwu when she was 22. 
 
MORENIKE FLORENCE SARAKI: 
Morenike Florence Saraki is the wife of late Dr. Olusola Saraki, former
governor of Kwara State and a politician that wielded enormous power and
control in Kwara State. She is the mother of Senator Gbemisola Saraki and
stepmother of the former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki. 
Florence has been around her husband during his political struggles. The
exit of Saraki who has been a stabilizing and rallying factor in the house
might pave the way for Florence, the only wife, to be the new force in the
family politics. 
 
MRS. MARGARET PETER OBI: 
She was born Margaret Brownson Usen. She got married to governor Obi in
1992. Margaret is the brain behind her husband’s National Gender Affirmative
Action which encouraged at least fifty per cent slots to women under Obi’s
administration. Margaret is known for her humility despite her intelligence
which she kept hidden while working intensively and inconspicuously to garner
support for her husband’s administration. She is also known for her fierce
devotion to women empowerment and child protection activities. 
She facilitated the distribution of equipment grants to women cooperatives
that are engaged in dry season faming. Thus, promoting their access to factors
of production and enhancing their capacity to support their families. She also
facilitated the establishment of Family Courts in the state’s Ministry of Women
Affairs and Social Development (MWAPD) to deal with issues of child abuse and
violation of women’s rights especially widows’ right to inheritance. 
 
SENATOR OLUREMI TINUBU: 
She is the wife of former Lagos State governor, Bola Asiwaju Tinubu and the
National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).  In 2011, she
contested and won the Lagos Central Senatorial Candidate of the ACN. 
Claims of her husband, the ACN National Leader imposing Oluremi on Lagosians
as a 2015 gubernatorial candidate for the economic capital without observance
of the party’s primary election surfaced in recent months. In June, 2013, in a
public address on Channels Television, 
Oluremi Tinubu dismissed the claim that she has set her sights on governing
seat of Lagos, saying, “My husband did it for eight years … I don’t think I
have the strength to say I want to govern the present state of Lagos.”

Women Behind Nigeria’s Most Powerful Politicians

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Xclusive: PDP Expels Amaechi’s SSG, 14 Commissioners, Others

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The crisis in the Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened 
yesterday, ahead of Saturday’s mini convention of the ruling party.

The party’s state executive expelled 18 associates of Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who has been suspended by the party.

Amaechi and President Goodluck Jonathan have been at loggerheads, 
with Minister of State for Education Nyesom Wike leading the 
anti-Amaechi group in the Rivers PDP.

Among those expelled is the immediate past Deputy National Chairman, Chief Sam Sam Jaja.

They were expelled for “failure” to appear before the Osinakachukwu 
Ideozu-led Committee on Performance Assessment of Political Office 
Holders, elected and appointed, on the ticket of the PDP in Rivers 
State, which was set up by party Chairman Felix Obuah.

Also expelled are: Secretary to the State Government (SSG) George 
Feyii; Chief of Staff, Government House, Chief Tony Okocha and the 
Administrator of the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority 
(GPHCDA), Mrs. Aleruchi Cookey-Gam.

The expelled commissioners are Victor Giadom (Works), Augustine 
Wokocha (Power), Worgu Boms (Attorney-General and Commissioner for 
Justice), Joe Poroma (Social Welfare and Rehabilitation), Ezemonye 
Ezekiel Amadi (Lands and Survey), Fred Igwe (Sports), Emmanuel Chinda 
(Agriculture), Joeba West (Women Affairs), Patricia Simon Hart (Water 
Resources and Rural Development), Okey Amadi (Energy), Charles Okaye 
(Chieftaincy Affairs), Dr. Nnabuihe Imegwu (Culture and Tourism), Ibim 
Semenitari (Information and Communications) and Samuel Eyiba (Local 
Government).

The Rivers PDP also alleged a plot by the governor to scuttle the 
party’s August 31 special national convention in Abuja through a court 
injunction.

Okocha, however, said the Obuah-led PDP had no power to expel him and
 other associates of Amaechi. He described as untrue, the allegation 
that the governor was planning to scuttle the party’s national 
convention.

Sources said the decision was to prevent the expelled persons from attending Saturday’s special national convention.

But Obuah told reporters in Port Harcourt that the 18 Amaechi 
associates were expelled for failing to submit themselves before the 
party’s performance evaluation committee.

The Rivers PDP chairman noted that the party, acting on the 
recommendations of its disciplinary and the performance evaluation 
committee, decided to punish the 18 to serve as a deterrent to others.

Obuah said: “The refusal of the 18 affected persons to send in 
written reports of their stewardship, if they were not chanced to put up
 appearance, despite the well-publicised sitting arrangements of the 
committee is considered as an affront, insubordination and lack of 
respect for constituted authority.

“The committee duly notified all concerned and was willing to accept 
any written report from such persons where necessary but did not receive
 any supervening circumstance that made it impossible for any of them to
 honour the invitation.

“We had no choice but to show them the way out of the party, because 
we cannot continue to operate in this disorderly manner, being a serious
 and disciplined political party.”

The chairman also said the PDP members who did not appear before the 
committee escaped the sanction because they reached both the party’s 
leadership and the committee, but most importantly, sent in 
documentation of their performances, which he said the committee 
accepted as satisfactory.

The Chief of Staff, however, said: “The PDP does not have such powers
 to expel me or any member of the state executive council. The matter 
involving Felix Obuah’s executive is in court. So, it is subjudice.

“We challenge them to publish the names of the eight commissioners 
who they said wrote to them, why they could not attend the invitation of
 the so-called performance evaluation committee and which yardstick.

“What they are planning is to use fake delegates to the 
sub-convention of the PDP that is coming up this weekend. The thing to 
ask is, why is PDP fighting PDP? A house divided against itself cannot 
stand. The whole thing looks like people who are ignorant.

“The matter is in court and we are not perturbed. Who are those they 
said they wrote letters inviting them to appear before a committee? Let 
them also show us the letters they claimed to have sent out.

“We all know that the PDP in the state has two factions: the original one led by Chief Godspower Ake and Felix Obuah’s.”

Okocha also stated that those alleging that Amaechi and some 
prominent Nigerians were floating a new political party must be 
soothsayers.

The chief of staff stressed Amaechi had said he is still a member of 
the PDP, but declared that if he is suffocated in PDP, he would leave.

On the claim by Rivers PDP that Amaechi and the Rivers Chief Judge, 
Justice Peter Agumagu, were plotting to get a court injunction to 
prevent the state’s delegates from attending the convention and to stop 
the convention in Abuja from holding, Okocha noted that anybody who knew
 Amaechi would confirm that he would never engage in “a fight of fools”.

Okocha went on: “There is no plan by Governor Amaechi to seek a court
 injunction to stop the PDP’s convention. Why it is that the party is 
trying to reduce the number of the state’s delegates, when others are 
thinking of increasing.

“We expect the party to act wisely by respecting the matter in the Appeal Court.”

The Obuah-led PDP also stated that it had uncovered a “subterranean 
move” by Amaechi and the newly-appointed Acting Chief Judge of Rivers 
state, Justice Peter Agumagu, to prevent the state’s delegates from 
participating in the convention.

Xclusive: PDP Expels Amaechi’s SSG, 14 Commissioners, Others

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Xclusive: PDP Suspends Governor Rotimi Amechi

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The 
National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today suspended Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, from its fold after an emergency meeting.. 
 
Below is a statement issued by the party's national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh. It reads: 
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The
National Working Committee at its emergency meeting on Monday, 27 May,
2013 considered the petition submitted by the PDP Rivers State Executive
Committee against His Excellency Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi,
the Executive Governor of Rivers State for violating Articles 58 1
(b), (c ), (h) and (m) of the PDP Constitution.</blockquote>
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The
National Working Committee after preliminary hearing, in exercise of the
powers conferred by Articles 57 (3), 59 (3), 59 (5) and 29 (2.b) hereby
suspends the Executive Governor of River State, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi as a member of the PDP and refers the matter to the appropriate
disciplinary committee of the Party.</blockquote>
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This
is in furtherance of the determination of the leadership of the Party
to enforce discipline at all levels within the Party. Signed: Chief
Olisa Metuh, National
Publicity Secretary </blockquote>

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A can of worms is about to be let loose by the highly hunted governor of
 Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi. He said the time is finally at hand for 
him to expose all  the Abuja-based politicians who are after the 
resources of the State instead of the welfare of all Nigerians.</div>
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He said, “I will speak to the state... When I speak to the state, you 
will not respect any of these people (Abuja-based politicians). I am now determined to open up."</blockquote>
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Gov Amaechi who said because of the many troubles they had faced him 
with he won't run for any other political office in 2015, added that the
 people of Rivers State and Nigerians would lose their respect for his 
critics by the time he opened up on their evil deeds. 
 
“I am not running for any other position that they would say ‘you must 
manage information so that people can trust you’. Nobody realises how 
much effort we have put in place for people to walk on the streets. 
 
“Nobody realises how much money we have put in place to make people walk
 on the streets. All they are interested in is how they would bring down
 those efforts. So, as men of God, you must stand for the truth and 
preach the truth.” 
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Amaechi made the strong worded threats when the Archbishop of Niger 
Delta, Anglican Communion, Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, visited him in 
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