We have overwhelming evidence of Amaechi's corruption acts- Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike says

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amounts withdrawn are clearly written".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withdrawn.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.

El-Rufai, Amaechi, Oyegun hold ’emergency meeting’ with Buhari in London [PHOTO]

Kaduna state Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Minister of
Transport Rotimi Amaechi and the chairman of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) John Oyegun, on
Sunday held an emergency meeting with
President Muhammadu Buhari.
The meeting was held in London on Sunday.
The Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, was
also present.
At a thanksgiving service in Port Harcourt on
Sunday, the managaing director of Niger Delta
Development Commission (NDDC), Nsima Ekere,
said the APC chieftains held an emergency
meeting with the president in London.
“Today I am overjoyed but believe me just last
night I doubted I would be happy today because
my very good friends called me thrice in a row,
Rotimi Amaechi, Rochas Okorocha and the
Chairman of my great party, John Oyegun, to
reveal to me they had to make an emergency
meeting in London,” TOSTV quoted Ekere to have
said.

The meeting was also confirmed by Buhari’s
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi
Adesina.
A statement sent to a source reads: “In a
telephone conversation following the meeting of
All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and
leaders with President Muhammadu Buhari in
London Sunday, Governor Rochas Okorocha of
Imo State, said the President was very cheerful
and has not lost any bit of his sense of humour.

“The governor said the party delegation spent
more than an hour with President Buhari over
lunch, and it was very clear from the discussions
that he followed developments at home very
closely.
“He said the President was delighted to receive
the delegation and asked each governor about
affairs in his state. He also asked the Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, about the state of
the railways.
“When asked to react to all the negative things
being said about him, the President just laughed,
describing such negative reports as lies. Governor
Okorocha said President Buhari was completely
unperturbed by the cocktail of lies. He, instead,
sent his best wishes to Nigerians.
“According to the governor, Nigerians don’t have
to worry at all, adding that President Buhari will
be back as soon as the doctors give him the
green light.
““By our visit to London today, the merchants of
lies have been put out of business and Nigerians
will not buy the garbage they have been selling.
All those who look up to fake news can find better
use for their time,” Governor Okorocha noted.
“Governors Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa;
Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna; Yahaya Bello of Kogi;
and APC National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun,
were also in the delegation.”