President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday washed himself and his wife Patience Jonathan of clean of all allegations levelled against them by the governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Ameachi.
Ameachi had had claimed on Saturday that Patience Jonathan was fighting him because he turned down her dubious demands for money from the Rivers State’s coffers.
He said, ““I refused to give them money in Abuja because if I do that, I won’t be able to carry out any development project or finish the road from Rumuolumeni to Rumuepirikom.
“The quarrel between me and the wife of the President is because she said I should bring your money, Rivers people money and share with her.”
Amaechi also said if President Goodluck Jonathan is voted in 2015, the economy of the state would crash.
But in a statement signed by Jonathan’s special adviser on media and publicity, Reuben Abati, Jonathan said Amaechi was a desperate liar who wanted to remain relevant by lying against the president and his wife. The statement said Rotimi Amaechi’s claims were “totally false and baseless vituperations against President Jonathan, the First Lady and the Federal Government.”
“Unless his unbridled ambition and desire for self- promotion have completely befuddled his mental faculties and caused him to totally lose touch with reality, Governor Amaechi must know that his claims and allegations are untrue.
“We can only assume therefore that he is deliberately spewing malicious falsehood in a desperate effort to incite the people of Rivers State and Nigeria against his assumed political foes.”
The presidency called on Governor Amaechi to explain how he squandered huge funds allocated to the State since he became the governor of the State, accusing him of financial recklessness and vainglory.
The presidency warned that the Rivers State governor may be sued if he did not desist from slandering the image of the president and his wife.
“We warn him that there are legal, constitutional and moral limits to political rascality beyond which he will not be allowed to go without repercussions.
“The immunity which he currently enjoys notwithstanding, Governor Amaechi should be under no illusions: A day of reckoning will surely come when he will answer for all his actions and false allegations against President Jonathan, the First Lady and the Federal Government.”
“He should also stop blackmailing the First Lady who has demanded nothing from him other than good governance, justice, equity, fairness, real development and progress in Rivers State.”
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