Rivers Legislators Trade Blame Over Fracas. •Wike Faults Soyinka On Patience Jonathan. •ADC, CSO Duty Bound To OProtect Amaechi – Rep. In spite of denials by his aides, President Goodluck Jonathan has been accused of taking sides in the political crisis in Rivers State, with the support of his wife, Dame Patience; the Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, and some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A member of the Rivers House of Assembly, Victor Amadi, accused the President of not being fair to Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the state government. However, Wike, insisted that the President had been neutral in the crisis. The minister, The Nation gathered, supervised the flying overseas of the injured anti-Amaechi lawmaker, Michael Okechukwu Chinda, who represents Obio/Akpor II constituency, for better treatment, in view of his critical condition. Wike also faulted the comment credited to Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka that First Lady, Patience Jonathan is behind the crisis that has engulfed the state. Wike, who stated this when he went to the hospital to visit Chinda, said it was wrong for Soyinka to make such comment, noting that it was capable of escalating the crisis. “How can Prof. Wole Soyinka make such a comment? Governor Amaechi has totally lost control of the state and that is why he went to the Assembly to disrupt proceedings in the House. You don’t need a soothsayer to tell you that he is no longer in control of the state,” he said. Speaking further, Amadi alleged that a pro-Wike lawmaker, Kelechi Godspower Nwogu, ordered that some policemen should shoot Amaechi on the floor of the Assembly. He also alleged that the self-acclaimed “Speaker”, Evans Bapakaye slapped the Speaker, Otelemaba Dan Amachree, after punching the leader of the House, Chidi Lloyd
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