The governor pointed his fingers at the presidency while speaking to children and other members of the public at an interdenominational church service to commemorate the 2014 Children’s Day held at the Alfred Diete Spiff Civic Centre, Port Harcourt.
Amaechi while expressing worries that the girls whom were kidnapped since April 14, are still in captivity, went ahead to blast Nigerians for allegedly voting the wrong party into power.
He asserted that the only remedy needed to acquire the desired change in the country was to vote out the PDP in the 2015 general polls.
“The blame is on us; your parents and those of us who are in government. We owe you the responsibility of safety; we owe you the responsibility of good education so that you can become for us the future parents when we depart this world.
“All of us are guilty of this crime because in 2011, we went and voted for this government. So, we are responsible for the kidnap of Chibok school children, because we chose the government; you chose me and you chose the president. If, therefore, you are not able to protect the Chibok girls, then, all of us, especially the government in power, should be held responsible for the lives of the children of Chibok” Amaechi said.
According to him, God allowed the incident to happen in order for the uncontrollable corruption in the country to be exposed. He also faulted the PDP led government for witch hunting him instead of concentrating on tackling the insecurity facing the country and also to bring back the abducted girls.
“I have said it before; God is tired of Nigeria, and now is the opportunity to choose another government. Chibok girls are over 200. You heard they killed 310 the next week near Chibok; what did we do? They are killing every day. People are losing their children, losing their parents every day. They went to Yobe State, burnt the whole school and killed children. What did we do?
“It means that you and I must rise up and ask for change today, including the children, to demand for a better government, to demand for accountability, to ask why Chibok girls were kidnapped and PDP was celebrating in Kano. All of us are guilty of the crime against Chibok girls, not the president. The president or PDP is guilty because it is in power and they are supposed to protect you and I; but, you and I are not protected. But, we are guilty of choosing them.” However, the governor further urged Nigerians to continue praying for safe release of the girls, explaining that reason his State decided to mark this year’s Children’s Day celebration with a solemn assembly, is to enable them share in the pains of the victims and their parents” Amaechi said.
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