Ameachi FORMER governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday dismissed a report in a national newspaper that he stormed the residence of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to protest the postponement of his ministerial screening, saying the report was not only a fabrication, but part of an organised campaign to rubbish his image.
Amaechi, in a statement by David Iyofor, from his media office, insisted that the report was untrue and a deliberate attempt to characterize him with a demeaning mannerism.
The statement said: “Our attention has been drawn to the front page report in a national newspaper (name withheld) of Monday, October 19, 2015, where it was reported that Mr. Rotimi Amaechi was incensed over the deferment of his screening last week and stormed Saraki’s house to register his protest.
“The report which the newspaper said it got from ‘sources’, further claimed that during the visit Amaechi was said to have raised his voice to express his frustration before leaving the residence without seeing the Senate President.
“The impression created in the report was one of an angry Amaechi who stormed the Senate President’s residence, raising his voice as he made a scene over the deferment of his screening by the Senate, before storming out in a huff without seeing the Senate President.”
The Media Office, noted: “This is absolutely untrue. We must clarify that Amaechi did not visit and was not at the residence of the Senate President on Thursday of last week. Since he did not go to the residence of the Senate President on Thursday of last week, there is absolutely no way what the newspaper sources claimed to have transpired, happened.
We must emphasize that former Governor Amaechi holds the office of the President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in very high esteem and will never disrespect or act in any way that would put the office in disrepute.”
Source :vanguard
No comments:
Post a Comment