Amaechi Absent As Wike Hosts S/South Ministers, Govs

What was envisaged to be an extraordinary meeting between Rotimi Amaechi and Nyesom Wike at the meeting of federal political office holders with governors of the South-South turned into an anti-climax as the minister of transportation made a no show at the event.

The meeting between the presidential delegation led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari with political office holders in Abuja with South-South leaders was part of the ongoing national consultations following the #EndSARS protests.

The meeting for the South-South remarkably took place in Government House, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State where Amaechi lived for eight years prior to his relocation to Abuja.

The minister and his successor as governor have turned from political collaborators to combatants. The two men have rarely had physical contacts since Wike emerged as governor.

However, present at the meeting were: Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State;  Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta; Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River; Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom; Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State; and Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.

Others were: Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta; Timipre Sylva,  Minister of State for Petroleum; Goddy Jedy Agba ,Minister of State, Power;  Festus Keyamo, Minister of State, for Niger Delta; Osagie Ehanire,  Minister of Health,  the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammad.

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