Chibuike Rontimi Amaechi, The Minister of
Transportation has urged Nigerians in his political circle to rededicate
themselves and restore their commitment to God ahead of the 2019
general elections.
Dr. Amaechi spoke while testifying of his
‘miraculous’ emergence as Governor of Rivers State in 2007 during a
special thanksgiving service to mark the 10th anniversary of the Supreme
Court judgement that declared him Governor of Rivers State, held at the
Abundant Life Evangelical Mission (ALEM) in Port Harcourt, Sunday.
The
former Rivers governor is a key member of the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC. With
former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s recent
defection from the APC to PDP, some members of the opposition PDP have
urged Mr. Amaechi to also return to their fold.
Mr. Amaechi re-lived his ordeal in 2007 and how God showed up for him when all odds were against him. In his words;
“The
truth is that we believed God. Some who didn’t believe left us just as
they are leaving now. God told me that what he will do in Rivers State
will tingle the ears, and I believed. We were so broke, we could not pay
legal fees or children’s school fees. My wife prayed every day and
night. I was fasting and praying for 3 months.
I told God ‘I
have a friend who has money, please make him remember me.’ I called my
friend and he told me he has been looking for me. I told him I was in
Ghana and he asked for my account… He sent me Two hundred million naira.
This is just to tell you that I believed God and he answered me,” Mr.
Amaechi said.
“We must all go back to God in faith and prayers.
Those who want to leave can go. I have come to understand that God
passes us through these challenges to prove himself. Now that they have
left, for me, this is an opportunity for the youths. It is your turn.
You must ensure that we get to power for you to fill the vacuum left.
“I
have sometimes asked God, ‘why do you use me to bless people and after
blessing them, they run away.’ Count how many people in Rivers State
politics today that I did not help somehow. I don’t want to take the
glory away from God. So for those who left, may God bless them.
“When
you get your own appointment, also put somebody. Allow God to use you
and leave the rest all up to him,” Mr. Amaechi advised.
“if we
don’t pray, 2019 will be very far from us. If we don’t win 2019, it
would be your fault, not anybody else. We go to God because he answers.
We pray, then go home and work. Back then, even in my father’s house in
the village there was a prayer team…”
“Making a man who did not
participate in elections governor is one act of God that can not be
erased in the history of Rivers State. God is in charge of this state,
that is why the conspiracy of evil ones cannot stand.
Apostle Ogu
admonished the congregation to do good and avoid evil communications,
because “what you sow, you shall reap. If you are paid to kill people,
somebody will kill you without collecting money. If you use your pen to
lie against people, if you blackmail people, one day somebody will
‘blackpaint’ you.”
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