Besides, he said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not lose Rivers State to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015.
Alamieyeseigha, who spoke in an exclusive interview with our correspondent in Lagos on Thursday, told Amaechi not to allow perceived political ambition to becloud his reason. He said it was expedient for the governor to “be humble enough to go to the president and say, ‘I am sorry’, because he has no place to go”.
He added, “The office of the president must not be desecrated. It is an institution. If you do not respect the office of the president, then you are not worth a leader, a governor of a state is a regional office.
Even when it could be argued that it is a coordinate jurisdiction. But the centre is superior. I think there is not much problem between Governor Amaechi and President Goodluck Jonathan.
“A child that is not respectful will also not deserve respect from anyone. Ambitions at times becloud our reasons. I cannot see Amaechi contest ing as a president, because I do not see APC giving him a presidential ticket.
If he is not standing as a presidential candidate, and Jonathan is presented by the PDP and APC presents a candidate say from the north; would a Rivers man leaves Goodluck Jonathan and queue behind Amaechi to go and vote a northern candidate from APC? The answer is no.
“At the end of the day, you are only making enemies that will follow you all the days of your life. Politics is only a platform for you to help your people and by extension yourself.
Leadership on its part is service, so I see no reason that Amaechi cannot make up with Jonathan. I have spoken to both of them. Jonathan has no issues. President of Nigeria is very powerful.
I even told Amaechi; the first entity you cannot fight is Almighty God, and the second entity is the government.” Describing the APC as a party of “traders,” he said the opposition party would not pose any threat to the ruling party in next year’s elections.
While responding to a question concerning his removal from office as a governor, Alamieyeseigha said he had put the event behind and had pardoned those behind his removal including former president Olusegun Obasanjo.
He said, “Everything that has happened to me, I have put them behind me. The person at the helm of affairs then President Olusegun Obasanjo, I have pardoned him. For him to have midwifed Goodluck Jonathan to be president, he is forgiven by me.
Yes, I was impeached at number 15, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. My House of Assembly members were bundled from Bayelsa to Lagos and forced to carry out the impeachment.
I have since moved on, and I hold no animosity against anybody.”
Source: New Telegraph
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