ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – For attacking former President Goodluck Jonathan, the Save Ijaw Nation Group (SING) has taken transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi and former Edo State governor Adams Oshiomhole to the cleaners, describing them as double-faced liars and serial betrayers.
Both Amaechi and Oshiomhole were reported to have spoken against Jonathan at separate events on Tuesday.
While the former governor had queried Jonathan’s capacity as President, Amaechi had claimed that Nigeria was heading towards a civil war during the 2015 elections.
However, replying the two politicians in a statement made available to Sundiata Post, the Dave Ijaw Group accused Amaechi of delusional thinking, stressing that the minister was among those threatening war while Jonathan was preaching peace before the elections.
The statement issued by the co-ordinator of the Group Mr. Otobo Osborne also reminded Oshiomhole that he had before now always praised Jonathan for his statesmanship but has turned against the ex-President because “he is out of a job and is desperate to curry favour with the hope of getting a new job”.
The statement reads: “Rotimi Amaechi, the man who threatened that his party would form a parallel government if they did not win the 2015 election now accuses former President Jonathan who said ‘my ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian’ of leading Nigeria to a civil war. If this is not delusional thinking, then it is hard to imagine what is?
“Never since the civil war has Nigeria been as divided as it is today with different regions of the nation giving quit notices to each other. A prudent person would in such circumstances tailor their speech to build unity, but not Rotimi Amaechi.
“Sadly, what we are experiencing today is the culmination of the threats made during the course of the 2015 elections by persons like Amaechi.
“Also, on the recent vituperation by the former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, against the person of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, it is sufficient to use Oshiomhole’s own words to counter him.
“Nigerians may recall that after wining his re-election in 2012, Adams Oshiomhole visited the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on July 17, 2012 and said as follows to State House correspondents: ‘President Jonathan has demonstrated statesmanship. I think there is hope for Nigeria. What the Edo election has confirmed is that when the President and Commander-in-Chief puts the country first and conducts himself as a statesman, not just as a party leader, credible elections are possible ‘
“Of course it is not surprising that Oshiomhole would change his tone today especially when he is out of job and is desperate to curry favour with the hope of getting a new job, but we wish to remind him that under Jonathan, elections were free and fair as he said and there were no ‘inconclusive elections’.
“In a democratic setting, the most basic requirement of any leader is that he provides the platform for democracy and the economy to thrive. On both scores, no one can fault Jonathan.
”We are however not surprised at the utterances of these two characters because they have proven to be double-faced liars and serial betrayers.”