Rivers
State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi
has said God, and not man, installed him as the state governor because he
fasted and prayed for 10 months before he became the governor.
Amaechi
said rather than chase criminals away from the state, the police had decided to
shoot innocent citizens.
The
governor, who spoke at Saint Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Port Harcourt
on Wednesday, said insecurity in the state was growing because the police had
failed to do their job in an unbiased manner.
Maintaining
that his government was installed by Jesus Christ, Amaechi urged the people to
disregard those who claimed to be responsible for his emergence as the governor
of the state.
He
said, “As a government led by me, a government installed by Christ, if anybody
tells you he installed me, tell him it is a lie. Tell him that I said I prayed
for 10 months and I fasted from 6am to 6pm, calling on Christ to come down and
Christ came down mightily and installed me as governor.
“That
is why you can see that in the face of human effrontery, I have been able to
stand face to face with them and I say I have Christ in me.
“You
must rise in that same spirit of having Christ in you and confront those who
are confronting you. You must stand up for Christ because the Bible says ‘faith
without work is dead.’
“We
must not die. We must live and the way to live is to celebrate Christ and the
way to celebrate Christ is to confront Satan and Satan is in different forms
and shapes.
“If
the police shoot at you, they are satanic. If government denies you your right
to live, that government is satanic,” Amaechi added.
“All
these you may want to attribute to political disagreement in Rivers State; but
it is not true. It is simply because of those who lead us in Abuja; because the
police is an establishment of the Federal Government and they have refused to
curb the excesses of the police.
“Instead
of the police to chase away criminals, they are shooting at innocent citizens.
Don’t stop at praying. We knew we prayed, but as you pray, you must rise on
your feet and confront the challenges of insecurity.”
(Punch)
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