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Okupe Is A Monkey  -Rotimi Amaechi

Okupe Is A Monkey -Rotimi Amaechi

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has likened Dr. Doyin Okupe, senior special assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on public affairs, to a monkey dancing to crave the attention of its master.

Gov. Amaechi made this statement in Port Harcourt on Monday while reacting to comments Okupe made in a live radio programme in Abuja last Saturday.​
While reacting through David Iyofor, his chief press secretary, Amaechi explained that “Again, on Saturday August 17, 2013, presidential assistant on public affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe on a radio programme continued his grossly irresponsible, repugnant and contemptuous, albeit feckless, mission of denigrating and disparaging the person and office of the governor of Rivers State and the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum(NGF), the Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

“In the past few weeks, we elected to ignore scurrilous statements from Okupe, as we do not wish to, wittingly or unwittingly, avail him with a sparring partner as he strives, though fecklessly yet again, to elevate his act from an attack puppy to an attack dog. Moreover, like most Nigerians, we believe that Okupe is irrelevant in the political equation that no serious-minded person should take seriously. Over time, his comments and statements are akin to some sort of notice-me monkey dance in front of his boss and his band of cheerleaders.

“However, it has become pertinent to alert/notify the populace and Mr. President that the likes of Okupe represent the very worst of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration. With an aide and adviser like Okupe, President Jonathan certainly does not need any enemies. Indeed, Okupe is more than a handful. Pray, what kind of advice will an aide/adviser like Okupe give to Mr President? The earlier Mr President purged the Presidency of characters like Okupe, the better for us all.

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“Okupe sank to a new low when he falsely and indecorously claimed that Governor Amaechi used the police to harass, intimidate and punish people unjustly and could not provide one instance or any evidence to back up his claims. He bragged about some phantom text messages from ‘ordinary people’ whose families have suffered grave injustice in the hands of Amaechi and, yet again, did not tell us the content and senders of the text messages. What does Okupe take Nigerians for? The phantom text messages exist only in the devious mind of Doyin Okupe.

“The presidential spokesman then sank even deeper as he condescendingly descended to become the chief advocate and defender-in-chief of the commissioner of police in Rivers State, Mbu Joseph Mbu, who the National Assembly has resolved categorically should be removed from Rivers State.

“With comments like that coming from a presidential aide and spokesman, Nigerians now have a better insight into why Mbu is still in Rivers State and continues to act with impunity, in spite of the call by eminent Nigerians and the resolution of the National Assembly that Mbu should be removed.”

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