Former Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi says he was governor of Rivers State when children were being kidnapped.
Speaking to delegates of the All Progressives Congress in Niger State, yesterday, Amaechi said he never slept until he ended the menace in six months.
According to him, he knows the problems bedeviling the nation, and would tackle them if elected president.
He also revealed that he supported President, Buhari against all odds and it is time for payback, adding that there is a difference between him and other aspirants.
Part of his statement reads,
“I know what you’re suffering, I was governor of Rivers State when they were kidnapping two months old children, and I never slept until everybody slept. Gen. Buratai is not here today, he would have told you the story.
“Buratai, myself the former Inspector General of Police (Suleiman Abba) ask them, we used to chase criminals in the bush. I remember one day I was chasing criminals with Gen Sarkin Yaki Bello (then Commander of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta), we were running and he stopped and asked me, ‘Your Excellency, are you wearing bullet proof vest?’ I said why are you asking, he said ‘what if they shoot you,’ I said ‘are you wearing one?’ He said no, and I asked ‘what if they shoot you.’
“But in six months, we brought down insecurity in Rivers State.
“Another difference between me and them, is that I am a politician, they’re not. The difference is that I can walk to you and I’ll talk, discuss with you. I can connect easily with the people. I wasn’t born into a rich family. My father was a poor man, the only English my mother knows how to speak is pidgin english. I ate garri three times a day, and I still eat garri three times a day till today, so I know poverty.
