Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, has accused Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of running the most corrupt administration in Nigeria.
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He alleged that between January and November 2014, Amaechi squandered over N298billion that accrued to the state from the Federation Accounts and loans obtained from various commercial banks.
Wike, who spoke at the PDP governorship campaign rally in Port Harcourt, further alleged that between December 2014 and January 2015, the governor, through the Government House and the Office of the Secretary to the Rivers State Government expended N11 billion, believed to have been channelled into the campaign machinery of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) General Muhammadu Buhari.
He said that the massive corrupt expenditure of the over N300billion just for 2014 and the first month of 2015 excludes the internally generated revenue of Rivers State, which has been pegged at several billions of naira monthly.
Giving a breakdown of the alleged mass corrupt practices by Amaechi, the PDP governorship hopeful stated that between January and November 2014, the Amaechi administration received N185billion from the Federation Account.
Wike further stated that within the same period under review, the administration took loans from Zenith Bank, Guarantee Trust Bank, Access Bank and Fidelity Bank, totalling over N112billion.
He said, “These are facts duly obtained from government sources. They are not newspaper reports. They are authenticated facts of revenue received by the outgoing government of Rotimi Amaechi. Before the people of Nigeria is the most corrupt administration ever seen in this state. An administration that has shortchanged our people.
“From the details of expenditure at our disposal, these funds have been used to sponsor opposition activities and the campaigns of General Muhammadu Buhari. Most of the money were channelled to non-existent or non functional projects, with the funds pocketed by the outgoing governor.
“For instance, Amaechi paid N500 million for a non existent new Bridge in Abonnema. He paid N2 billion for the Trans-Kalabari road where nothing has been done by his administration. For the Port Harcourt Centenary celebration, Amaechi expended almost N1 billion and he released N1.7billion for the production of international passports.”
The former minister of state for Education stated that the outgoing administration expended N330million for the protection of Rivers State from terrorism.
The governorship hopeful said the lack of accountability in the Amaechi administration explains why he is fronting known cultists to take over the administration of the state. He noted that the Rivers State political leadership and the followership have jointly resolved never to allow another corrupt administration to emerge from the outgoing Amaechi’s corrupt regime.
Also speaking at the rally, deputy national chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, alleged that Amaechi had procured Army, Naval and Police uniforms to be distributed to his political thugs from the state and others imported from the north to ensure that they rigged the election if it had been held on February 14, 2015.
Secondus said the same procurement of uniforms was carried out by APC governors, adding that the plan of the APC was to plunge the nation into a needless crisis.
But the Rivers State government has challenged the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, to provide proof of his allegation that the administration of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is corrupt.
The state commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, disclosed this in a chat with LEADERSHIP in Port Harcourt while reacting to the allegation by Wike.
Semenitari said the allegation was a ploy by the former minister of state for Education to draw the attention of the people of the state away from the fact that he does not have any programme for the state.
She said, “We believe that Mr. Wike has no locus to back his allegation. We challenge him to provide proof. We think that what is happening is that Mr. Wike has nothing to tell Rivers people.
“He has no programme and he has no agenda. He wants to draw the attention of Rivers people away from serious issues. He wants to take their eyes away from his numerous perfidies. We really don’t want to dignify him.”
-Leadership
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