Mimiko vs Amaechi WW

The war of words between Governors under
the aegis of Nigeria Governors Forum
(NGF), continued yesterday with Ondo State
Governor – Olusegun Mimiko, challenging
his Rivers State counterpart, Chibuike
Rotimi Amaechi to substantiate his claim
that he (Mimiko) voted at the disputed
election by producing the video evidence.
Mimiko, who is also the Vice Chairman of
the Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang-led
faction of the Forum, in a statement in
Akure, was reacting to Amaechi’s claim
that he (Mimiko) voted at the
controversial election which the Rivers
Governor claimed to have won.

Mimiko said: “Amaechi should not hide
under religion to cover up his anti-
democratic dispositions. Nothing stops
Governor Amaechi from proving to the world
that I voted by using the same video he
has been using to tell the public that
there was an election.
“If Amaechi is saying I voted at the
election, I think he should prove it to
the whole world that I did. I sincerely
believe that a process must have led to
the declaration of result contained in
their few minutes video clip. That later
part can’t come in isolation. I challenge
him to show the entire proceedings,
including where I voted”.
While accusing the Rivers State Governor
of “anti-democratic disposition,” Mimiko
said Amaechi “cannot take ecclesiastic
refuge for his undemocratic dispositions
by dragging the church into the Forum’s
disputed election as a way of covering up
his anti-democratic tendencies”.
Speaking further, he said, “Amaechi should
tell the world whether or not he presided
over his own election despite cries that
he should step aside for an interim
chairman to preside over the same election
as it is the practice in any democratic
setting
“He should also tell the world whether or
not he was the sole provider of ballot
papers and ballot box used for the charade
where he was also a contestant.
“He should tell the world why he insisted
he must contest for another term even when
he knew that negates the norm in the
Forum.”
Mimiko accused Amaechi of betraying his
colleagues as according to him, it is “the
height of treachery for the Governor to
have installed secret video camera to
record his colleagues without their
consent simply because he is acting the
script of another agenda inimical to the
progress of the Forum.
He declared that “It is not acceptable, it
is undemocratic, it is the height of
desperation, it won’t work because
Nigerians can no longer afford to be
fooled.”