Governor Rotimi
Amaechi has hit back at the Presidential Assistant on Public Affairs Dr.
Doyin Okupe over his comments against him that he is a tyrant.
Amaechi has hit back at the Presidential Assistant on Public Affairs Dr.
Doyin Okupe over his comments against him that he is a tyrant.
He said Okupe’s
comments were infantile vituperation that will not help President
Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid in 2015.
comments were infantile vituperation that will not help President
Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid in 2015.
He said the
earlier the President purged the Presidency of characters like Okupe, the
better for us all.
earlier the President purged the Presidency of characters like Okupe, the
better for us all.
Amaechi, who fired
back at Okupe in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, David Iyofor,
said it was regretful that “small minds like
Okupe in a democracy, still see holding a different opinion from the Presidency
on any issue as anti-Jonathan and fighting Mr. President.”
back at Okupe in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, David Iyofor,
said it was regretful that “small minds like
Okupe in a democracy, still see holding a different opinion from the Presidency
on any issue as anti-Jonathan and fighting Mr. President.”
The statement said: “Again, on Saturday August, 18, 2013, Presidential
Assistant on Public Affairs Dr. Doyin Okupe on a radio programme, continued his
grossly irresponsible, repugnant and contemptuous, albeit, feckless mission of
denigrating and disparaging the person and office of the Governor of Rivers
State and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum(NGF), the Rt. Hon.
Chibuike RotimiAmaechi.
“In the past few
weeks, we elected to ignore scurrilous statements from Okupe, as we do not wish
to, wittingly or unwittingly, avail him with a sparring partner as he strives,
though fecklessly yet again, to elevate his act from an attack puppy to an
attack dog.
weeks, we elected to ignore scurrilous statements from Okupe, as we do not wish
to, wittingly or unwittingly, avail him with a sparring partner as he strives,
though fecklessly yet again, to elevate his act from an attack puppy to an
attack dog.
“Moreover, like most
Nigerians, we believe that Okupe is an irrelevant in the political equation
that no serious-minded person should take seriously. Over time, his comments
and statements are akin to some sort of notice-me monkey dance in front of his
boss and his band of cheerleaders.
Nigerians, we believe that Okupe is an irrelevant in the political equation
that no serious-minded person should take seriously. Over time, his comments
and statements are akin to some sort of notice-me monkey dance in front of his
boss and his band of cheerleaders.
“However, it has
become pertinent to alert/notify the populace and Mr. President that the likes
of Okupe represent the very worst of the President Goodluck Jonathan
administration.
become pertinent to alert/notify the populace and Mr. President that the likes
of Okupe represent the very worst of the President Goodluck Jonathan
administration.
“With an aide and
adviser like Okupe, President Jonathan certainly does not need any enemy.
Indeed, Okupe is more than a handful. Pray, what kind of advice will an
aide/adviser like Okupe give to Mr President? The earlier Mr President purged
the Presidency of characters like Okupe, the better for us all.
adviser like Okupe, President Jonathan certainly does not need any enemy.
Indeed, Okupe is more than a handful. Pray, what kind of advice will an
aide/adviser like Okupe give to Mr President? The earlier Mr President purged
the Presidency of characters like Okupe, the better for us all.
“Okupe sank to a new
low when he falsely and indecorously claimed that Governor Amaechi used the
police to harass, intimidate and punish people unjustly and could not provide
one instance or any evidence to back up his claims.
low when he falsely and indecorously claimed that Governor Amaechi used the
police to harass, intimidate and punish people unjustly and could not provide
one instance or any evidence to back up his claims.
” He bragged about some
phantom text messages from “ordinary people” whose families have suffered grave
injustice in the hands of Amaechi and, yet again, did not tell us the content
and senders of the text messages. What does Okupe take Nigerians for? The
phantom text messages exist only in the devious mind of Doyin Okupe.
phantom text messages from “ordinary people” whose families have suffered grave
injustice in the hands of Amaechi and, yet again, did not tell us the content
and senders of the text messages. What does Okupe take Nigerians for? The
phantom text messages exist only in the devious mind of Doyin Okupe.
“The Presidential
spokesman then sank even deeper as he condescendingly descended to become the
Chief Advocate and Defender-in-Chief of the Commissioner of Police in Rivers
State, Mbu Joseph Mbu, who the National Assembly has resolved categorically
should be removed from Rivers State.
spokesman then sank even deeper as he condescendingly descended to become the
Chief Advocate and Defender-in-Chief of the Commissioner of Police in Rivers
State, Mbu Joseph Mbu, who the National Assembly has resolved categorically
should be removed from Rivers State.
“Okupe’s warped
argument is that the call for the redeployment of Mbu from Rivers State by the
State government is because Mbu has refused to be a ‘tool in the hands of
Amaechi’.
” Pray Okupe, if that is the case and Mbu is such ‘a professional with
dignity’, why then did the House of Representatives and the Senate(who sent a
committee to Rivers State to investigate the issues) passed two separate
resolutions calling for the immediate removal of Mbu from Rivers State?
“If Okupe’s trend of agbero logic is anything to go by, his likely response
would be that it’s because Mbu refused to be a tool in the hands of the
National Assembly!”
argument is that the call for the redeployment of Mbu from Rivers State by the
State government is because Mbu has refused to be a ‘tool in the hands of
Amaechi’.
” Pray Okupe, if that is the case and Mbu is such ‘a professional with
dignity’, why then did the House of Representatives and the Senate(who sent a
committee to Rivers State to investigate the issues) passed two separate
resolutions calling for the immediate removal of Mbu from Rivers State?
“If Okupe’s trend of agbero logic is anything to go by, his likely response
would be that it’s because Mbu refused to be a tool in the hands of the
National Assembly!”
Source: The Nation
