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I Have Dossier Of Amaechi’s Corrupt Act-Gov Wike
…Says He Has Penchant For Blackmail
Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has informed that he has concrete records of corrupt practices of the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
Wike disclosed this on Monday while addressing the 106th Quarterly Meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in Port Harcourt.
Governor Wike who noted that Amaechi admitted paying $39million for a non-existent Justice Karibi Whyte Mega Specialist Hospital, added that the Minister of Transport confessed publicly that he sold the State’s Gas Turbines.
Governor reminded that all the documents to prove Amaechi’s corrupt acts are authentic. Saying “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? Wike asked.
“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 that took place.
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 The dates and amounts withdrawn are clearly written”.
Wike who also said Amaechi has penchant for blackmail accused the Minister of exhibiting same to the Supreme Court because his appeal is pending before the Apex Court over the establishment of the Rivers State Judicial Commission of Inquiry.
Stressing that, “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 “, Wike said.
On the use of hotels for electoral fraud, the governor warned that any hotel that opens its facility for such illegal practice will lose its operational certificate of occupancy.
He said: “Any hotel that is used to rig elections, that hotel’s certificate of occupancy will be withdrawn”.
He further regretted Amaechi 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 (Sundiata Post)