First, it was the Minister for Transport,
Rotimi Amaechi who stepped out of the
Presidential Jet, with shouts of “the Lion” by
All Progressives Congress faithfuls who
besieged the airport, then next was Senator
Magnus Ngei Abe.
They both walked down to where the
chopper was waiting for the Acting
President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Acting
President then alighted the Jet and was
received on hand by Governor Nyesom Wike
of Rivers State and a handful of traditional
rulers and others who queued for a formal
handshake with the august visitor.
Governor Nyesom Wike and Acting President
Yemi Osinbajo
A mild drama ensued as Wike pointed at the
already waiting BMW to chauffeur drive
Osinbajo who insisted rather that they
walked to the already waiting Chopper
where Amaechi, Abe and co were already
seated.
Wike who was visibly worried tried hard to
convince Osinbajo to go with him and
commission just one project, but the Acting
President insisted that they head to the
Chopper for the venue of the commissioning
of the World standard Fertilizer project built
by the INDORAMA Group.
A disappointed Wike had to leave his aides,
supporters and convoy behind and joined
Osinbajo to the Chopper where APC faithfuls
were already singing the praise of their
leader, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi.
As soon as Osinbajo entered into the
Chopper and Wike made his way to enter,
the already charged youths began to boo
him with shouts of, “Come down!, Come
down!” while some others continued with
shouts of “the Lion!” until the Chopper left.
The governor’s convoy and his party
faithfuls were now grumbling over their
leader’s failure to convince Osinbajo to first
commission any of his projects had to make
their way back home as it was obvious that
they may not make it to Eleme, the venue of
the official program for the Ag. President.
It is not yet clear if the visitor will concede to
Wike’s pleas to commission any of his
projects after the INDORAMA program.
