Following recent harassment on the governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, by some federal agents, a member of the House of Representatives, Andrew Uchendu, has raised an alarm on the safety of the state governor.
Uchendu, representing Ikerre/Emohua Federal Constituency of Rivers State, at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to kick against the development, noting that it was becoming an eyesore to the nation.
The legislator, who also hails from the same region as Amaechi, pointed out that “the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended) Chapter iv sub sections (40) and (41) guaranteed every Nigerian freedom of Association and Movement, but events of the recent weeks, around Amaechi which have come in rather very quick succession have cast a pale of fog on my vision that I am begin to wonder what might become of the life of Amaechi if the attention of Nigerians and the Government of Nigeria are drawn to these unsavoury events.”
He added that he decided to cry out at the moment in order draw the attention of the public and the international community to the happenings in Rivers State.
Uchendu urged the Federal Government and its agents to allow Chibuike Amaechi to live in peace because he is citizen of Nigeria as well as an elected governor of Rivers State.
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