{"id":9741,"date":"2019-05-07T14:18:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T14:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=9741"},"modified":"2019-05-07T14:18:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T14:18:31","slug":"rivers-amaechi-speaks-on-his-ongoing-war-with-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/rivers-amaechi-speaks-on-his-ongoing-war-with-wike","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Amaechi speaks on his \u2018ongoing war\u2019 with Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has declared that there is \u201cno war\u201d going on between him and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi, who was a former governor of Rivers State, made this clarification during an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that his issues with Wike were due to the spate of insecurity in the state over the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ex-governor: \u201cThere is no war going on between Wike and I. It is like my friend Akpabio, when we met the other day, I said it, we are not quarrelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is going on between Wike and me is the fact that he wants to run a second term. The fact is that he ran the first term in which people were killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, he is accusing the army and not the police because they refused to take bribe from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minister also stated that during his administration as Rivers State governor, he investigated and ensured the arrest of perpetrators of violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has declared that there is \u201cno war\u201d going on between him and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Amaechi, who was a former governor of Rivers State, made this clarification during an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, on Tuesday. 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