08/10/2020
WAKIRIKE SE PRACTICING JOURNALISTS CONDENMS AMAECHI STATEMENT.. demands apology
Wakirike Practicing Journalists Forum (WPJF) worldwide has condenmed the unguided comment made by Rotimi Amaechi, against the respected Amayanabo of Okochiri Kingdom, in Okrika Local Government Area, Rivers State, His Royal Majesty, King Ateke Michael Tom.
The organization further advised Amaechi to learn how to respect traditional rulers and stools, and render unreserved apology to King Ateke Michael Tom, saying that such statements are usually associated with persons with faulty home bringing.
This was contained in a statement signed its coordinator, Fubara Miebaka Amadi and secretary, Tonye Orabere, and made available to media houses, yesterday.
At the weekend, in the funeral service of late Justice Karibi Whyte, at St. Augustine's Anglican Church, in Abonnema, the former governor of the State, Rotimi Amaechi, said "Everyone is scared, we are going back to when Ateke held sway. We are going to the period where we run away from our people" .
According to the coordinator, the leaders of Ogbaka Ikwerre Convention, should call their son to order, to avert communal crisis in the State.
"We take exception to the statement made by Rotimi Amaechi. We thereby called on Amaechi to render unreserved apology to King Ateke Tom and the entire Wakirike people.
Honestly, the statement made by Amaechi was capable of causing communal crisis, but the people of Wakirike are peace loving" the statement said.