Contrary to the ongoing rumours that Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi is planning to contest the 2015 presidency, the jet-crazed Governor has debunked the hearsay, asserting that he’s not nursing any presidential ambition for now.
Amaechi told newsmen during an interactive session in Port Harcourt on Monday that his interest is to see the state move to a greater height.
He asserted that he’s not aware of his posters and those of his Jigawa State counterpart pasted in some parts of the Northern states.
He said, “I have no ambition for 2015.The future of Rivers people does not depend on 2015. I have never attended any meeting anywhere about 2015.
“It is absolutely a non-issue. In the North, there are pictures of Sule Lamido and I, but I don’t have anything to do with 2015.”
Speaking on the boundary dispute between Rivers and neighbouring Bayelsa, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum Chairman said the battle for Rivers State oil wells is aimed at “emasculating the people of the state”.
The Governor alleged that there were also moves to give 46 oil wells belonging to Rivers to Abia State.
Hear him, “This worries me. I join you to ask that question; what is my sin? The court said they made a mistake, but that mistake has not been corrected.
“They gave our oil wells to Bayelsa, now they want to take another 71 oil wells. I leave the people of Rivers State to take their destiny in their own hands. The President is behind us and we must support him on this.”
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