Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has said that he inherited a paltry sum of $204,000 from his predecessor, Chief Rotimi Amaechi.
The Governor stated that his administration has overwhelming evidence of corruption against Amaechi, who is the current Minister of Transportation.
According to Wike, Amaechi had publicly admitted spending money on projects that were never executed.
Addressing the 106th quarterly meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in Port Harcourt on Monday, Gov Wike said that Amaechi admitted paying $39million for a non-existent Justice Karibi Whyte Mega Specialist Hospital.
He added that the former governor also confessed publicly that he sold the state’s gas turbines, the proceeds of which the administration diverted.
“All the documents that proved Amaechi’s corrupt acts are authentic. We never forged them. The former governor himself admitted that he paid out $39million to Clinotech without a single block laid anywhere. Is that a document he claims was forged? Where is the hospital?
“He has agreed in different interviews that he sold the state gas turbines for $309million. If you convert $309million to naira, you will understand the level of fraud. Amaechi left only $204,000 in the state account.
“The bank statements of the pattern of withdrawals from that account are there for all to see. Can that be forged? The dates and amounts withdrawn are clearly written”, he said.
The governor berated Amaechi for engaging in blackmailing the Supreme Court because his appeal is pending before the Apex Court over the establishment of Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry.
“There is no time that he loses a case without blackmailing the Judiciary. He feels that the only way he can do it is to blackmail the Supreme Court. You cannot play politics with everything”, he said.
On the use of hotels for electoral fraud, the governor warned that any hotel that opens its facility for electoral malpractice will lose its certificate of occupancy.
The Chairman, Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers and the Amayanabo of Opobo, King Dandeson Jaja, commended the governor for the commencement of the reconstruction of 175 public schools across the state.
He appealed to the governor to set up a process to check the sale of illicit drugs in the state.
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
We Have Overwhelming Evidence of Corruption Against Amaechi - Gov Wike
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