RIVERS
State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum has
attributed the increasing level of insecurity in the Federal Government.
He also 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 effontery, 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.”
Culled from Punchng