The Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi who
was ambushed by security operatives in Ado-Ekiti
on his way to attend the final rally of his party,
APC, ahead of today's governorship election has
recounted his ordeal in the hands of the soldiers in
Akure.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos yesterday, the
governor said the soldiers who were acting on 'order
from above', physically harassed and threatened to
kill him.
Gov. Amaechi being harassed by security operatives
The Nation reports that Amaechi revealed some
officials of the federal government are working with
military personnel to rule the country by the use of
force.
According to Amaechi, if he had known that he would
get into trouble he would have stayed in his house.
Recounting his ordeal, he said he had landed safely
at Akure airport and on his way to Ado Ekiti, he
sighted about 15 soldiers, who corked their guns and
took positions as soon as they saw him.
Amaechi said, "They stopped me and said I would
not go to Ekiti. Meanwhile, other vehicles were going.
They told me they were on order not to allow
Governor Amaechi get to Ekiti. I asked if it was all
the governors that were placed on the order, but
they said: 'It is you alone.'"
As he was leaving, he said he got a call from his
party's hierarchy who told him they were aware of
what was happening and were coming to meet him
so he stopped, only to realize the soldiers were still
trailing him, after about seven kilometres of driving.
They came to him and told him he had 20 minutes
to move out of the area or they would shoot him.
"Everybody was panicking. Now, I was ready for the
shooting, so I made my prayers. As I made my
prayer, I told them I was ready for the shooting. I
stayed put. After 20 minutes, they told us they gave
us 10 more minutes or they would shoot. I said they
better start shooting because in 10 minutes I woud
be there," the governor said.
While he was still there waiting, Lai Mohammed,
Rotimi Akeredolu and another senator sent by his
party, came to meet him.
Gov. Amaechi decried the situation, describing as
really unfortunate the democracy that the country
pretends to have which according to him is a
collaboration between civilians and military men.
It would be recalled that on Thursday, June 19,
Amaechi had flown into Akure in a chartered plane
from Port Harcourt only for the plane to be grounded
by the authorities
and he was being held hostage for
about an hour.
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