RIVERS CRISIS: Okupe, Jonathan’s worst enemy — Amaechi

 GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi has lambasted the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, over alleged disparaging comments he made on the governor in a radio programme.
Describing the Presidential spokesman as the worst enemy of President Goodluck Jonathan,  Amaechi, who spoke through his media aide, Mr David Iyofor, said Okupe was a non-issue in the nation’s political equation.
Dr Okupe in an interview on Liberty FM, Kaduna, weekend, accused Governor Amaechi of being a willing tool in the hands of the opposition. He also alleged that Amaechi had a hostile relationship with the state commissioner of police, Mr Joseph Mbu because the latter did not allow himself to be used by Amaechi to harass, intimidate and punish people unjustly.

In his reaction yesterday, Amaechi accused him of denigrating and disparaging the person and office of the Governor of Rivers State and the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum.
Amaechi said: “In the past few weeks, we elected to ignore scurrilous statements from Okupe, as we do not wish to, wittingly or unwittingly, avail him with a sparring partner as he strives, though fecklessly yet again, to elevate his act from an attack puppy to an attack dog.
Moreover, like most Nigerians, we believe that Okupe is irrelevant in the political equation that no serious-minded person should take seriously. Over time, his comments and statements are akin to some sort of notice-me monkey dance in front of his boss and his band of cheerleaders.
“However, it has become pertinent to alert the populace and Mr. President that the likes of Okupe represent the very worst of  President Jonathan’s administration. With an aide and adviser like Okupe, President Jonathan certainly does not need any enemies. Indeed, Okupe is more than a handful. Pray, what kind of advice will an aide/adviser like Okupe give to Mr President? The earlier Mr President purged the Presidency of characters like Okupe, the better for us all.
“Okupe sank to a new low when he falsely and indecorously claimed that Governor Amaechi used the police to harass, intimidate and punish people unjustly and could not provide one instance or any evidence to back up his claims. He bragged about some phantom text messages from “ordinary people” whose families have suffered grave injustice in the hands of Amaechi and, yet again, did not tell us the content and senders of the text messages. What does Okupe take Nigerians for? The phantom text messages exist only in the mind of Doyin Okupe.
“The Presidential spokesman then sank even deeper as he condescendingly descended to become the Chief Advocate and Defender-in-Chief of the Commissioner of Police in RiversState, Mbu Joseph Mbu, who the National Assembly has resolved categorically should be removed from RiversState.

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