Maechi Raises Red Flag On Political Army

Maechi Raises Red Flag On Political Army

* Says We Won't Compromise Security

FOR desperate power seekers in the Rivers State axis of the Niger Delta, who rely on armed youths as their political army to gain power, the game appears to be up for them.

The state Governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, says his administration will not compromise on security no matter whose ox is gored. For the governor, open and transparent democracy must be allowed to gain roots in the state.

Inner administration officials who did not want their names in print, told AkanimoReports in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Tuesday, that Governor Amaechi has been consistent on open democratic process.

In October, 2007, while mounting the saddle as the governor of the state, he had warned that the era of writing election results in Port Harcourt was over.

AkanimoReports also gatheed that Amaechi firmly determined to deal with the security challenges in the state not minding if it will cost him his re-election. The way things are unfolding, the governor, according to political watchers, appears set to take on those sponsoring armed youths for political purposes.

Already, the Amaechi administration has said that it will continue to strive to get the state back to where it was when lives and property of the citizenry were well secured.

Amaechi gave the assurance during an open air funeral service for Special ApostleisFestus Enyinnaya MacPepple, father of Henry MacPepple, Managing Director of Amadac Group of Companies, held by the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim, at Opobo Town in Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area.

The governor said he was disturbed by the report of the kidnap of the octogenarian who later died in the hands of his abductors, explained that his government was prepared to commit its resources to restoring sanity in the state.

“We could even put in all the resources that we have to make sure we get to where we used to be before, so that we do not have a situation where our parents, brothers and daughters would be kidnapped again”, the governor said, warning that nobody has the right to take anybody’s life as no life is worthless.

Describing the late Special Apostle MacPepple, as a nice man, Governor Amaechi sympathized with the bereaved family urging them to follow the footstep of their late father.

Earlier in an exhortation, Supervising Apostle Emmanuel Agomo of Umuahia Province of the Cherubim and Seraphim remarked that death is for all and urged everyone to prepare for it because no one knows when it will come.

Supervising Apostle Agomo extolled the shinning qualities of the late MacPepple and admonished the family to watch over what their father has left behind.

The funeral attracted dignitaries from all walks of life among whom was Senator John Mbata.

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