Finally, Amaechi Opens Up on Problem with First Lady

Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and Dame P. Jonathan

Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State Friday opened up on his misunderstanding with the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, over a number of issues in the state, saying that it arose out of his desire to provide a conducive learning environment for the children of Okrika, home town of the First Lady.

Amaechi, who said he still has enormous respect for both the First Lady and President Goodluck Jonathan, spoke when clergymen of the Niger Delta Bishops’ Forum visited him in Government House, Port Harcourt, as part of their efforts to mediate in the political crisis in the state.

The bishops had some weeks back visited the First Lady in Abuja as part of their efforts to resolve the crisis.

Amaechi said: “I hope that it (this mediation) will work. Niger Delta Monarchs came and no result came out of it and since you are men of God, I hope that this one, God will bless it. I hope so because that is the same way I spoke to them (the monarchs) and they said, ‘watch out, it will work’, and they never returned because it never worked.”