Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has finally broken his silence on the war going on between him and his former Chief of Staff, now a minister under president Jonathan, Mr Nyesom Wike. The governor described Wike as “too small and insignificant to discuss.” , while speaking during a church service to mark the 60th birthday of the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief O.C.J. Okocha, at the Emmanuel Anglican Church in Port Harcourt.

Amaechi said he nominated some of his kinsmen, including Wike and the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Austin Okpara, into political positions, adding that they turned around to betray him.

The governor said, “This will be the first time I will be talking about my former Chief of Staff in public. My former Chief of Staff is too small for me to talk about. I don’t want to discuss him and I have never done that before. Today will be my first and last day.”

Insinuating that Wike was after money, instead of character, Amaechi said: “There are men with character and there are men without character. I don’t believe that money can solve all problems and I don’t worship money.

“My greatest fear is that where am I going after here on earth? Let me also tell you that I have been betrayed several times in politics and majority of those who betrayed me are from my Ikwerre ethnic group.

“Before I became a Speaker, can we look back at Ikwerre history? We were crying; we wanted governor, we wanted this and that and the last ministerial appointment was Chief Emmanuel Aguma, a long time ago, and that was the last Ikwerre ministerial appointment.”

The governor, however, maintained that Opara betrayed him when it was time for the former deputy speaker to support him.

“Again, you can ask Mr. President, I submitted his name (Nyesom Wike) as minister. Where is he now? I, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, submitted his name as minister to President Jonathan. But where is he now? You must have character, you must be known for something,” Amaechi insisted.

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