Rivers State Governor,
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike Wike has
declared that the evidence of corruption against
his predecessor now Minister of Transport,
Rotimi Amaechi, is so overwhelming that the
Minister of Transportation admitted to them
publicly, a statement by Simeon Nwakaudu, his
Special Assistant on Electronic Media says.
Addressing the 106th Quarterly Meeting of the
Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in Port
Harcourt on Monday, Governor Wike said that
Amaechi admitted paying $39million for a non-
existent Justice Karibi Whyte Mega Specialist
Hospital.
He added that the Former Governor confessed
publicly that he sold the State's Gas Turbines,
which the immediate past administration
diverted the funds.
Governor Wike said: "All the documents that
proved Amaechi's corrupt acts are authentic. We
never forged documents. 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. Convert $309million United States
dollars to naira and 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amounts withdrawn are clearly written".
The governor berated the Minister of
Transportation for engaging in the blackmail of
the Supreme Court because his appeal is
pending before the Apex Court over the
establishment of the 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
".
On the use of hotels for electoral fraud, the
governor warned that any hotel that opens its
facility for electoral fraud and malpractice will
lose its operational certificate of occupancy.
"Any hotel that is used to rig elections, that
hotel's certificate of occupancy will be
withdrawn. I will not all that anymore ".
He regretted that the Former Rivers State
Governor has continued to work against the
interest of the State, refusing to use his position
as a Minister to attract benefits to the people.
Speaking further, he warned traditional rulers
against working with armed gangs to cause
insecurity in their communities.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Rivers State Council
of Traditional Rulers and 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.
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