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How I Chased Criminals Into The Bush Without Bulletproof Vest- Amaechi

Thompson Nsisongabasi

May 20, 2022

How I Chased Criminals Into The Bush Without Bulletproof Vest- Amaechi
Former Minister for Transportation and 2023 Presidential aspirant, Rotimi Amaechi has boasted about how he bravely chased criminals into the bush without a bulletproof vest.

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Alluding to his victory over the frightening state of insecurity in RIvers State during his stint as governor, the APC hopeful recounted how he alongside former Chief of Army Staff,Tukur Buratai overpowered criminals in a hot chase without blueproof vests or protection.

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The politician made this revelation in a meeting with with Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger state and All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates in the state on Thursday May 19.

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"I know what you're suffering, I was governor of Rivers State when they were kidnapping two months old children, and I never slept until everybody slept.

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General Buratai is not here today, he would have told you the story. Buratai, myself the former Inspector General of Police (Suleiman Abba) asked them, we used to chase criminals in the bush.

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I remember one day I was chasing criminals with Gen Sarkin Yaki Bello (then Commander of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta), we were running and he stopped and asked me, 'Your Excellency, are you wearing a bulletproof vest?' I said why are you asking, he said 'what if they shoot you,' I said 'are you wearing one?' He said no, and I asked 'what if they shoot you.'

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But in six months, we brought down insecurity in Rivers state."

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— Thompson Nsisongabasi

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