I Never Stormed Saraki’s House- Amaechi

Former  Rivers  state governor and ministerial nominee, Chibuike  Rotimi  Amaechi  has denied reports  that  he stormed the residence of  the Senate  President, Dr Bukola Saraki,  in anger, to  protest  the  deferment of  his  screening last week.

A  statement  signed  by  his media aide, Mr. David Iyofor,  described the  report as absolutely untrue,  alleging  that  there was a deliberate attempt to characterize Amaechi  with a very bad and demeaning mannerism

Part of the statement reads: “This is absolutely not true. There is a deliberate and carefully calibrated attempt to characterize Amaechi  with  a very  bad and demeaning mannerism. We must clarify that Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi  Amaechi  did  not visit and was not at the residence of the Senate President on Thursday of  last week. Since he did not go to the residence of the Senate President on Thursday of  last week, so, there is absolutely no way what the newspaper sources claimed to have transpired, happened.

“We  must emphasized that former Governor Amaechi  holds the office of  the President of the Senate of  the Federal Republic of Nigeria in very high esteem, and will never disrespect or act in any way that would put the office in disrepute. However, in this case, the incident reported never occurred either, on Thursday or any other day.

“While we understand the constraints and pressures journalists face in doing their jobs, we would advise them to be thorough and double-check or even triple-check their sources of information. There seems to exist an axis of fifth columnists, masquerading as ‘sources’ to journalists, but fabricate events, incidences and stories that never happened, to malign and destroy the character and reputation of others, while fomenting acrimony and bad blood in the polity. Journalists must beware of such ‘sources’ .”